Library overflow

The Carmichael branch library is probably the largest branch library in the Sacramento Public Library system. And it reopened less than 2 years ago following major renovation. And it is beautiful and very functional. However, on the outside walls are six slots for returning books, magazine, CD's, audio book DVD's, etc. And on Tuesday morning when we first come into the building this and the picture above is what we see:
A couple of the bins still have some space but two of the six are already overflowing. The bins are ingenious things with a spring loaded false bottom so that the first book only drops five or six inches. As the weight of each incoming book presses against the false bottom, the bottom of the bin moves down, always keeping the distance the books travel between 6 and 10 inches. Of course once the bin is full the books begin to back up and clock the intake chute.

I'm sort of glad that I'm not a voluntary aide with responsibility for putting all these books back on he shelf but we often have 4 or 5 reshelvers this day which helps so much,

But the full and overflowing book bins tell us that the library is far exceeding the planned expected volume of consumer support.

Talk about the volume for Carmichael exceeding anything they had projected as shown by the return book bins.