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Old 12-30-2019, 11:15 AM   #75
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i think the main problem is libraries needing lots and lots of copies, short-term, to satisfy demands for "best sellers"...
and lazy people like me exacerbate things by going directly to the " most popular" or "bestseller" library e-shelves and placing holds on anything that looks tasty ( because browsing the whole catalog takes much longer )

what's really needed is a decent curated service- something that spotify have cracked for music & netflix do a reasonable job of for video : look at what I watch/listen to and come up with personalized recommendations.
So something that looks at my checkout history ( which overdrive apparently discards !) , filters out the stuff I immediately returned because clearly I did not read all of that, and proposes interesting stuff from the less-used shelves to match my tastes and at the same time optimize stock.
{ i recently read "That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix ..." and back when they were lending out DVDs they built a system to make good recommendations to customers AND optimize stock usage }

I admit to not caring much for goodreads so I never populate that with my likes as I am not a great social media reader.
but if goodreads was able to suggest my next library loan, having checked what's available , that would be attractive.
if overdrive did it, that would be even better
I was frankly amazed when I asked a librarian if overdrive kept my borrowing history and was told they just throw it away
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