There's nothing to prevent someone from checking out a book with someone else's name on it. The hold for system is based on the honor system. As long as people use hold fors responsibly, then that works well. If people abuse it, however, the honor system breaks down.
For nearly all of the hold fors I submit, unless people look at the Check Out page more than once a day, they'll never even see them.
Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "robert tweedy" <roberttweedy@xxxxxxx>
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Valerie remember if a person's name is on a book it's theirs. If it is two weeks, then that is what it should be or what ever the staff decide. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 11:39 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The hold discussionPlease don't poach mine (hold for Valerie or Valerie Maples)! I spent lots of money buying books just so I could scan or proof. i do not read anything; just proof and try to help out when people need sight on some books so sometimes my own requests are there longer than others.Please ask before poaching; that really is unkind to those of us who have invested our own money to add books we want to read who never check out, only volunteer!Valerie On Mar 1, 2010, at 10:17 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:And, frankly, if something has had a "hold for" for several months, and I'm really interested, I might poach.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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