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You know, for decades -- decades! -- people were fine putting holds on books by calling the library. Now it's a huge inconvenienc that they have to

Posted by mara Apr 22 '10, 15:19

call rather than do it online.

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Hm. I honestly probably wouldn't put books on hold if I couldn't do it online. - Callisto Apr 22, 15:24 3
- I truly wish we could. Every library we talk to implemented the system says as many as half of the holds placed online never get picked up. -- nm - mara Apr 22, 15:27 2
  - I can believe that. - Callisto Apr 22, 15:35
  - Allow only one hold until they actually pick one up? - psilotum Apr 22, 15:33
I love the sarcasm here. - mara Apr 22, 15:23
slacker! -- nm - steve114314159268549 Apr 22, 15:22
For decades people were fine with paying bills by check and snail mail. - Dr.Vermin Apr 22, 15:21 1
- i still am -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 22, 15:21
sure - the more removed you can be from librarians, the better! - Roger More Apr 22, 15:20
Yeah but let's face it, life 10 years ago sucked pretty bad... -- nm - Guigue Apr 22, 15:20

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