I was getting books from the library yesterday when the checkout line was getting very long. I was probably 8 back, and there 4-5 behind me -- too much for the two people working the desk. So, the kid leans under the counter and does something (I presume hit a doorbell, or a they're-robbing-the-bank switch,) and all of a sudden a swarm of people came out of the back area of the library. Suddenly, there was a 1:1 ratio of library workers to people waiting, and the line dissolved in no time, and then the library gnomes went back to their other duties. It took a total of maybe two minuts and everyone was on their way.
Normally, the ICBTJHs are because of stupid things, but I would really like to compliment the Champaign Public Library for having a system designed to keep me from waiting in line forever, and kudos to the kid who called for help. I wish grocery and department stores worked that way.
(Of course, if grocery and department stores worked like the library, I would already have the things I want on-hold at the front desk, and I only need to flash an ID and pick them up.) I find the Netflix model works well for books as well as movies.
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Don't know if you'll find the same books in the UIUC library as in the local public one, but you can have those delivered to your office via campus mail. I do it all the time :-)
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