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<b>Sent</b>: Monday, July 27, 2020 9:04 AM<br />
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<b>Cc</b>: "Michele Arms" <michelea@cherryvalleylib.org><br />
<b>Subject</b>: [Digital Library] Holds Ratio over time</span>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> digital-library <digital-library-bounces@list.railslibraries.info> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Maggie Thomann via digital-library<br />
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 26, 2020 2:00 PM<br />
<b>To:</b> lmcclain@glencoelibrary.org; digital-library@list.railslibraries.info<br />
<b>Cc:</b> Maggie Thomann <mthomann@northbrook.info><br />
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Digital Library] DLIL Selection Guidelines</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your question. I am not sure what was done previous to self-administration in terms of hold ratios - would someone who was a selector for MyMediaMall be able to speak to that? </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I agree that I wish the consortium hold ratios could be lower. The ratios were established by looking at the monthly budgeted amount available, and trying to both meet demand and allow enough remaining funds for some repurchasing of expired content. One thing to keep in mind is that only consortium copies are counted when calculating those hold ratios. For most popular titles, there will also be additional Advantage copies that help satisfy demand for the owning libraries' patrons, which in turn lowers the overall wait times for the titles as well. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope that helps clarify a bit, if you have other questions please don't hesitate to ask. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 9:27 AM Liz McClain via digital-library <<a href="mailto:digital-library@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">digital-library@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:</p>
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<b>Sent</b>: Friday, July 24, 2020 5:19 PM<br />
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<b>Cc</b>: "Maggie Thomann" <<a href="mailto:mthomann@northbrook.info" target="_blank">mthomann@northbrook.info</a>><br />
<b>Subject</b>: [Digital Library] DLIL Selection Guidelines</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p>

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