Score one for libraries

In the contest between libraries and bookstores, it often seems that bookstores are winning. (I think we can co-exist and serve different purposes, but I also think we often compete for the same customers.) Today at work, however, we struck a blow for libraries - a patron called looking for a type of book that she wasn't even sure existed. She had called a bookstore and the lady there told her she had never heard of one. Our library system didn't have one but I knew it had to be out there, so I checked Amazon. I was able to find a few, and let her know. I explained the ISBN to her (briefly, of course), told her she could give that to the bookstore to have them search, and gave her ISBNs for two different versions of the book. She was grateful and planned to call them.
On another note, it was insanely busy today - we had about 90 people for one of our SRC programs and between two of us at the desk we created 16 new library cards. I'll have to look at our circ stats for the day tomorrow - and the gate count. I thought it would be a quiet day with the downpours we were having, but no... However, that helps us reach our circ goal for the year, so it's good.