Its Technology stup-pid

My college library has a "hi-tech" system wherein through an online portal, one can do the following activities:-

- view the books present in the library

- preview each book

- check the number of copies present

- reserve the book online

- most important of all, if the book is already reserved by someone, then put yourself in the waitlist so that once the book arrives in the library you get an e-mail asking you to collect the book

Extremely convenient ... no wasting time browsing books in the library ... simplifies the life of both librarian and the borrower. Technology sure is great.

But then, I get an e-mail saying this –

Dear ……,       On process of your reservation status the following book is received to the library and waiting for your arrival.
SNo	Accession	Item Name	Availability
1.	BK1763	Harvard business essentials : marketers toolkit:: the 10 strategies you need to succeed (Harvard Business School)	48 hours

Regards, Librarian

The best part is the date this e-mail was sent: 03-Feb-2010 12:19 PM

It is been almost a year since I graduated from my business school (yes people I went to a business school). Unfortunately the technology being used does not know this. It sure does make the institution look stupid.

But the most important point for writing this one is,

Did I actually reserve a book that too an academic book that too in my college LIBRARY? People knowing me can vouch for the fact that how ghastly this is. It surely must be some rush-of-blood moment that prompted me to do such a crime. Or was it some strategic plan to make the book inaccessible to other people so that they don’t score too well (its relative grading after all)!!! I’ll let you guys decide this one coz I surely can’t fathom what made me reserve a book in the library. And yeah the technology won’t let me forget this fact by sending regular book availability e-mails as long as I access my B-school’s mailbox!!