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Libraries are cool (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] [S] 3 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

Interesting! When you return a book to a different in-network library it stays there? In the US/at my library, if a book belongs to library A and a patron returns it at library B, it is sent back to A.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago*

    Depends.

    Items get sent around all the time. In-network, copies are interchangeable, and the system balances them out among the libraries. AFAIK there's no particular need for a copy to go back to the same shelf, so it doesn't happen.

    If no-one is looking for a certain item, it wont move again unless someone asks, or if the library needs space for something else.

    It's kinda nice. Every time I visit a library it can have an entirely new selection. With recent requests to that location which have been returned again, or just returns, appearing on the shelves.

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