We have one library that is using this as a test case right now and this is their main complaint so far. Not only would this help with scheduling, it would potentially reduce the number of times staff have to go back and forth between the holds area and the staging area as smaller libraries want to be able to stage an entire day's worth of holds at once.
They have had several instances where a patron arrived more than 2 time slots early for their appointment because they happened to be in the area, in which case staff had to fall back on their non-cubside-pickup procedures. If they had been able to stage everything for the day at once, this would have been much smoother.
We have one library that is using this as a test case right now and this is their main complaint so far. Not only would this help with scheduling, it would potentially reduce the number of times staff have to go back and forth between the holds area and the staging area as smaller libraries want to be able to stage an entire day's worth of holds at once.
They have had several instances where a patron arrived more than 2 time slots early for their appointment because they happened to be in the area, in which case staff had to fall back on their non-cubside-pickup procedures. If they had been able to stage everything for the day at once, this would have been much smoother.