[bksvol-discuss] Re: Books with HOLDs
- From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:16:55 -0600
Hi Carrie!
Two weeks seems like too short a time, especially if someone is working on
a long book before he or she can get to the book that has a hold on
it. Would you consider leaving the hold on for a month?
Thanks!
Debby
At 05:30 PM 12/23/2009, Carrie Karnos wrote
Hi all,
Since we've had loads of complaints about books with HOLDs in their titles
languishing in the checkout queue for weeks, months and years, the
Bookshare Collection Development department has instituted a new policy.
If a book has been on the checkout list for more than 2 weeks with a HOLD
in its title, I will remove the HOLD to allow other people to proof the book.
On January 1st, I will remove the HOLDs on all books that were submitted
prior to December 1st. This is to give people time to finish their current
books and start on their new ones that have HOLDs on them. On January
15th, I'll remove the HOLDs on any books that were submitted during
December, and then the 2-week rule will go into effect.
I know that some people will love this, and other people will hate it.
Let's try it for a while, and see how it goes. If the vast majority of
people hate this, then we'll revisit it.
By the way, having a time limit on HOLD books in the checkout queue was
one of the top suggestions in the volunteer survey that Pavi sent out. She
is working on an email to be sent to everyone that details the results of
the survey. The survey provided a huge amount of really valuable feedback,
so thanks very much to everyone who participated in it!
Happy holidays! Carrie
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