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Because you can go online and place holds on many books and the library will ship them to your prefered branch once available and then shelve them for pick-up.
by nogabebop23 7y ago
Because you can go online and place holds on many books and the library will ship them to your prefered branch once available and then shelve them for pick-up. There's a significant amount of effort and cost, plus most holds are for the same limited supply of popular books; while your hold is sitting there counteless others are waiting.
The fine is to discourage making hold requests and then never claiming them.
- andi999 7y agoMaybe it got canned because the pickup dates are not predictable. If I place hold on a book with e.g. two holds on it already by somebody else, the book will be ready in 2 month if each person keeps the book for 1 month. If each person returns it on the spot its basically 2 days. Good luck planning your holidays ard that.