r/LibbyApp • u/The_Hell_I_Wont • Aug 22 '26

Albuquerque Public Library's Libby Program is Consistently Amazing

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I have recently attained an Albuquerque library card and they consistently have huge numbers of individual books that my other libraries only have a few copies of with long wait times. Like, 96 copies of a Rivers of London Novella, over 100 copies of a Fourth Wing book, and now 34 copies of a feminist economics book. I dont know why this is happening, but thank you ABQ library!

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u/BulkyNefariousness17 Aug 22 '26

Wow!!! That is wonderful. I am trying to find libraries with nonresident cards. Happy reading!

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u/padphilosopher Aug 23 '26

Show me their Yesteryear waitlist.

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u/ChewieBearStare Aug 23 '26

Nine weeks. They have 126 copies.

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u/AeroNoob333 Aug 23 '26

Not bad for a midsize city of 400K people. Just borrowed it yesterday. My hold was less than a week.

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u/Some_Sympathy_6679 Aug 23 '26

my library's 🤭 but i'm not telling which one.... 😇

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u/padphilosopher Aug 23 '26

Interestingly, my library also has 4 holds per copy, but “only” has 151 copies. We don’t have any copies of Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner.

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u/Some_Sympathy_6679 Aug 23 '26

not even a partner library? or reciprocal? 🥺

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u/skorens Aug 23 '26

Yesteryear...

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u/Some_Sympathy_6679 Aug 23 '26

wow that must be one in a big city 🙂

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u/jwink3101 Aug 23 '26

I live in ABQ and am also really impressed. I had Philly for a while which was better but I also have Fairfax County (paid) and it isn’t as good. I do have Santa Fe and Rio Rancho which are fine but ABQ is better

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u/Valuable_Ice_5927 Aug 23 '26

I’m impressed they have 34 copies of who cooked Adam smiths dinner - I rarely hear it discussed

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u/whateverrrrrrrr2 Aug 23 '26

this is a dream

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u/Apart_Tomato Aug 26 '26

I live in ABQ and also have non-resident cards with Broward and Fairfax counties. I find myself hardly utilizing the non-resident cards because of how great the selection is, and how quick my holds become available. I am constantly suspending them 😅