Why did my holds position change?
Short answer: it really didn't and you won't receive your held titles any faster or slower. We're sorry for any confusion this caused. This was a data display issue that was recently resolved.
Longer answer: You may have noticed in the past that sometimes your holds queue position in the Your Account section didn't agree with the total number of holds in the full display of the title. Your Account might claim your were "1685 of 1700" for a book that had 2200 total holds according to its catalogue record.
We implemented a change for this data display bug overnight that took effect on Saturday morning (the 17th of October). As a result it may seem that you've moved further down the holds queue (this is most evident for titles that had hundreds or thousands of holds). This isn't actually the case–the Your Account interface was displaying an incorrect total number of holds (and therefore an incorrect position in line) in cases where the number of holds did not match between Your Account and the total holds displayed for a title on its catalogue record. Your Account is now displaying the number of holds and your position in line properly, resulting in some changed numbers.
We apologize for any confusion caused by this and assure everyone that their position in line for any held titles hasn't changed–it's just represented accurately now through Your Account.
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