After books receive their call numbers, they are placed on trucks and moved to the stack area. Often these trucks do not arrive simultaneously, so the availability of newly catalogued books does vary. Once I received a card to pick up a recalled book, but when I came in, the book couldn't be found for another week. This was a departmental error. Once Allow patrons to initiate title recalls.
Plans are underway for patron-initiated recalls in the future.
Once A book I was searching for was noted as missing. I found the book mis-shelved and checked it out. After I returned it, I received a card telling me it was available. We are currently unable to provide adequate security and delivery mechanisms for remote book drops. We are exploring costs and means to provide them in the future.