Libraries are dear to me; they were my first taste of independence away from home. I was in heaven amongst all that potential, and as I got older I'd sometimes

Libraries are dear to me; they were my first taste of independence away from home. I was in heaven amongst all that potential, and as I got older I'd sometimes check out stacks of books and read a fraction of them. After reading this shelftalkblog I decided to reduce the number of Holds (I mostly Tag books for later, but I also tended to Hold books more out of anticipation than probable follow-through), especially on the popular books, and kept Holds on the books I was most likely to read. Libraries are a public good and I've been taking advantage for too long; I'll scale back my acquisitiveness and think before I click.