county/district delivery service

[emilyanna07]

I worked at a branch library, primarily in the circulation department (and technical processing) for 5.5 years where we were part of a consortium in which the participating libraries shared most--if not all--materials with patrons outside their immediate library. This consortium consisted of all the public libraries in the county except for two,

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[obleighvious]

My current local library is part of a consortium that extends across several counties, which I love. But any items not in the consortium--you're out of luck: No ILL service is available. This consortia is made up of many smaller libraries--maybe 20 in all. The only problem I have with this, as a patron, is that I can't see how many holds are on an item, I think because we all share a catalog but not a circulation system. I can see if the item I want is on hold, or if all the copies are currently checked out, but when I put a hold in, I can't possibly know how long it will take me to get it, which can be frustrating