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Why is your Libby hold taking so long? How can you be "in line" to borrow a digital library book?

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Why is your Libby hold taking so long, and how can you be "in line" to borrow a digital book from the library? According to Lisa Wells, Executive Director of the Pioneer Library System in Oklahoma, the answer begins with how libraries purchase digital materials from publishers.

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