Comments on: Hold please

By: petercoyl

petercoyl — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:38:06 +0000

you may post a link to my blog.

By: Ola_la

Ola_la — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:30:10 +0000

I want to quote your post in my blog. It can?
And you et an account on Twitter?

By: Mau

Mau — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:53 +0000

At OPL, they have a self-serve hold shelf and they gave some semblance of “privacy” by turning the books spine-in… I don’t think it’s the best solution, but it’s how they reconcile the idea of putting them out in the open.

By: petercoyl

petercoyl — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:38:21 +0000

I know when the Clinton-Macomb library opened one of their branches they had a locker system in one of their more remote locations. Items that had been put on hold would be put in the bin by library staff and the patron would be notified and given a combination to unlock the locker and retrieve their hold items. So the system you are thinking about is available. It might be prohibitive. Plus, if you really want a “staff less” library it would certainly take more time to put items in the locker versus placing them on a shelf. I do agree that there are problems with having self-serve holds.

By: Doreva

Doreva — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:20:27 +0000

Recently, a new express staffless library branch opened up in King County, WA. Patrons can enter with their library card and pick up their holds. So there is absolutely no privacy there for holds with no staff at all to manage the shelf…

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6710470.html

It’s a shame that they could not use some sort of pickup locker system where your id could open up a locked box that would check the hold out to you as you retrieved the item.

Doreva