RE: Reserves/holds

[Peg Honeycutt]

This is a message from CTLS-L. Selecting "Reply" will send a message to the originator. Selecting "Reply to All" will send a message to the entire list. --------------------------------------------------------- This is a message from CTLS-L. Selecting "Reply" will send a message to the originator. Selecting "Reply to All" will send a message to the entire list. --------------------------------------------------------- We limit our holds to three for a single card and six on a family card at any one time.   We limit the ILL requests to five at a time.   Hope this helps.   Peg Honeycutt Circulation Supervisor Round Rock Public Library System   -----Original Message----- From: Sue Lilley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 8:00 AM To: 'Laurie Mahaffey'; 'ctls-l' Subject: RE: Reserves/holds   This is not currently a problem in Lampasas.   Sue   From: Laurie Mahaffey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:53 PM To: ctls-l Subject: Reserves/holds This is a message from CTLS-L. Selecting "Reply" will send a message to the originator. Selecting "Reply to All" will send a message to the entire list. ---------------------------------------------------------   What does your library do about reserves or holds when a patron asks for many (14 or 15) and then looks them over & chooses only one or two to check out?   Do you charge a small fee (25 cents or so) to reserve a book, and does this stop the overzealous users?   One of our librarians wants to know. Her staff has been feeling frustrated lately with patrons who seem to be abusing this service.   Thanks for your comments. Laurie     Laurie Mahaffey, Deputy Director Central Texas Library System, Inc. 1005 West 41st Street Austin, Texas 78756 512-583-0704, ext. 18 [EMAIL PROTECTED]