Changes to Libby? No more multi holds?

[Anonymous]

It seems that Libby is now only allowing users to put a title on hold at only one library. For instance, when I try to put a hold on “The Fraud” at DC Library, I am promoted to place the hold through Arlington bc the wait is shorter there. I cannot find an option to reserve at both DC and Arlington, as I used to.

Is there a way around this? Libby has so many maddening quirks!

[Anonymous]

Yes, there’s a way around it. I thought this too, at first. It’s not intuitive. Let me go look and see if I can explain it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, there’s a way around it. I thought this too, at first. It’s not intuitive. Let me go look and see if I can explain it.

On my phone, it offers me the shorter line option, but if I scroll down to the bottom, I can place the hold on the library that I searched (the longer option). Then I can search the shorter option library and place a hold there also.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, there’s a way around it. I thought this too, at first. It’s not intuitive. Let me go look and see if I can explain it.

On my phone, it offers me the shorter line option, but if I scroll down to the bottom, I can place the hold on the library that I searched (the longer option). Then I can search the shorter option library and place a hold there also.

Thank you! After you promoted me to keep looking, I found you can also access other libraries by clicking the tiny card icon next to a title. What a design mess! TY for the help.

[Anonymous]

I have 1-4 holds on every book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, there’s a way around it. I thought this too, at first. It’s not intuitive. Let me go look and see if I can explain it.

On my phone, it offers me the shorter line option, but if I scroll down to the bottom, I can place the hold on the library that I searched (the longer option). Then I can search the shorter option library and place a hold there also.

+1
This is what I've done too. It's not at all intuitive and it's quite frustrating.

[Anonymous]

I didn’t know about this option. But why do you need to do this if the line is shorter at one library? Because the other library might eventually buy more copies and accelerate the wait?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t know about this option. But why do you need to do this if the line is shorter at one library? Because the other library might eventually buy more copies and accelerate the wait?!

Because there are people like me who put four holds on a book and then release three of them when the first comes up or when a hold on a physical copy comes up at my branch. The hold estimates aren't always accurate because of us book worms.