Discovered something about M.A.I.N.

One thing I love about my town's library and the county library system it is linked to is it's request feature.  You can request any book in the system, when it becomes available it ships to the library you want to pick it up in, and then depending on your account settings you either receive an e-mail or a phone call that it is ready for pick up and they hold it ( I think 5 days - not 100% sure - but the e-mail always lists the hold until date) If someone has the book checked out - you get put on the waiting list, then when the book is available the above system goes into effect.  

There are 2 parts of this system I really love.  You can pick ( I think 10 - I only have 5) your favorite authors from the best seller list, and when new books from that author come into the system you are automatically entered onto the waiting list.  Then like magic (since sometimes I'm not actually aware they came out with a new book) you get an e-mail that it is ready for pickup.  Since there are people on the waiting list, you don't get to renew though, so it goes to the top of my working on it pile.  

Here's the second great thing about the request list: you can specify activation dates.  It isn't a guarantee that you'll get it on the date (pretty much you won't because depending on which library it's coming from, if it isn't your pick up library, it takes from 4-8 days of transit time for the book to be ready) and someone else can have the book out etc etc.  It is, however, a great system for when you read about a book, but don't want to start reading it today - you can space out your requests.  You can then move the date up or back if you are ready sooner or need more time to finish what you have out.  Right now I have books out from today until December!  Today  I discovered a drawback.  You can only have 25 items on your request list.  So I need to get some reading done, or I'll have to take some books off the list if I want to add more to the list.

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Username:	tonyfan4ever
Registered at:	Rockaway Township Library
Patron code:	Patron
Date of original registration:	8/30/2010	- more information
Expiration date:	9/5/2016	- additional note

Requests

	i	Format	Title	Pickup Library	Status
			Courting Carolina    by Chapman, Janet.	Rockaway Township Library	In process (as of 8/26/2015)
			Silver linings : a Rose Harbor novel    by Macomber, Debbie, author.	Rockaway Township Library	On waiting list (since 6/23/2015)
			Cedar Cove. Season 1 [videorecording (DVD widescreen)]. DISC 1-3	Rockaway Township Library	On waiting list (since 8/10/2015)
			Ignore everybody : and 39 other keys to creativity    by MacLeod, Hugh, 1965-	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 9/20/2015)
			Fluent in 3 months : how anyone at any age can learn to speak any language from anywhere in the world    by Lewis, Benny (Brendan Richard)	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 11/1/2015)
			Before happiness : the 5 hidden keys to achieving success, spreading happiness, and sustaining positive change    by Achor, Shawn.	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 10/23/2015)
			Visual meetings : how graphics, sticky notes & idea mapping can transform group productivity    by Sibbet, David.	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 9/20/2015)
			The wily O'Reilly : Irish country stories    by Taylor, Patrick, 1941-	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 10/1/2015)
			Shannon : a novel    by Delaney, Frank, 1942-	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 10/23/2015)
			The general and the genius : Groves and Oppenheimer : the unlikely partnership that built the atom bomb    by Kunetka, James W., 1944-	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 10/16/2015)
			Ernie : the autobiography    by Borgnine, Ernest, 1917-2012	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 9/16/2015)
			While my pretty one knits    by Canadeo, Anne, 1955-	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 10/1/2015)
			Hooked on murder    by Hechtman, Betty, 1947-	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 10/1/2015)
			The mammoth book of steampunk	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 10/4/2015)
			Boneshaker    by Priest, Cherie.	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 9/14/2015)
			Inanna, queen of heaven and earth : her stories and hymns from Sumer    by Wolkstein, Diane.	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 10/4/2015)
			The first love stories : from Isis and Osiris to Tristan and Iseult    by Wolkstein, Diane.	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 11/4/2015)
			Saban : the making of a coach    by Burke, Monte.	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 9/6/2015)
			Irish fairy and folk tales	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 10/11/2015)
			Geo power : stay warm, keep cool and save money with geothermal heating and cooling    by Lloyd, Donal Blaise.	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 9/15/2015)
			The Confederate battle flag : America's most embattled emblem    by Coski, John M.	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 10/15/2015)
			Who freed the slaves? : the fight over the Thirteenth Amendment    by Richards, Leonard L., author.	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 11/17/2015)
			Charming the Highlander    by Chapman, Janet.	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 8/27/2015)
			Moonlight warrior    by Chapman, Janet.	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 9/5/2015)
			Simple habits for complex times : powerful practices for leaders    by Berger, Jennifer Garvey, 1970- author.	Rockaway Township Library	Inactive (until 12/20/2015)