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What to do if a 'add this book' request is taking a long time?
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I just had 2 requests fulfilled from April, 2023. They are overwhelmed with requests over there and it seems that only a handful of librarians work on that thread.
I've found that it takes about a year to have a book added and bumping doesn't seem to help.
I miss the days when anyone could add books.
Edwina wrote: "I just had 2 requests fulfilled from April, 2023. They are overwhelmed with requests over there and it seems that only a handful of librarians work on that thread.
I've found that it takes about ..."
Unfortunately back then there were a lot of against policy records added. It was amazing GR hadn't been sued.
@Siân I would suggest you put your books ISBN in the search, then try by title. I rarely add books, but a surprising number of times after a member has requested a book add, it is added by a bot. Or a librarian has forgotten to mark a request as done. Or it has been added by another librarian by coincidence.
Worth a try.
I'm wondering at what point I should create a new request to add a book? For context, I put in a request about 3.5 months ago. I made sure to follow the guidelines shared in this group and I don't think I'm missing anything, but I haven't had any response.
Myself and a couple of others have bumped the post occasionally. I know that your team is volunteer run and these things take time. I'm just wondering if there's anything else I should be doing to get the request reviewed or if this is a usual amount of time to wait?
I appreciate your time responding. Thank you!