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[bedlamsbard]

*twitches furiously* Need a book for Tuesday, the bookstore is out of it, the library's copy is -- doing something, I don't know, and I have ordered it and am hoping furiously that it will arrive before class on Tuesday. My hopes are not high, given that it is Friday and Monday is Martin Luther King Day. (Also, I drew a line at one-day shipping from Amazon, because I am not paying another $20 for that, no matter what. BAH. Hate you world, DIAF.)

Actually, the library's copy is on reserve, I don't even know what that means. Someone who is not ignorant of the inner workings of libraries please explain?

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[ilyena_sylph]

It means that the book is being held behind the circulation desk (or reference desk) for students to use on (usually) a two-hour period.

[bedlamsbard]

Thank you! One would think this would be the kind of information they would explain on, you know, the library's website.

[ilyena_sylph]

The professors generally inform you what books they have on reserve, and what that means, for any courses. But yeah, that would be a good thing to have on their website.

*goes to see if it's on ours, and if not, to suggest it to the web development committee.*

[ilyena_sylph]

Well, if you're still at Tulane, I eventually found it in their How Do I, but they sure didn't make that easy... http://library.tulane.edu/help/how_do_i.php#q9

I am pleased to report that my library does it better.

[bedlamsbard]

Yeah, my university fails at informing us of ANYTHING EVER.

Except hurricane evacuations. That one we're great at. If there is a hurricane even remotely in the Gulf Coast area, then Tulane keeps us updated on every little tiny thing it does. Unless it's just a tropical storm. We only freak out for hurricanes.