Place or Change a Hold

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Place or Change a Hold

When you want an item that is checked out to another patron, you can place a hold on it. When the item is returned to the library, the item is checked in, and if there is a hold on the item, it is placed on a special shelf, and the library notifies you to pick it up.

You must log on before you can place a hold. Some libraries let patrons place holds on items currently on the shelf. Check with a librarian if you have questions about your library's policies.

To place holds:

Click Place Hold next to the item you want on the hit list or on the record for the single item.

You will be prompted to log on if you have not previously done so. The Submit Hold window appears.

If available, select a library where you would like to pick up the item.

If available, select the Mail Item to Me option if Books by Mail is configured. Once you select Mail Item to Me, choose a Delivery Method. You can click Cost to see what the accumulated shipping, handling, and other associated costs will be for that Delivery Method.

Type an Expiration Date if you want to tell the library that you will not need the item after this date.

Type a Suspension Start Date and a Suspension End Date if you want to put the hold "on hold." For example, you are going on vacation. If you enter suspension dates, your name is temporarily removed from the hold queue. At the end of the suspension, your original place in the hold queue is restored.

Click Submit Hold to place the hold, or click Reset Query Values to start over.

To change holds:

If the Change Hold option has been activated at your library, you have two options:

To change information on one hold:

In the My Account window, click the Review My Account link.

Click the Holds tab.

Click Edit Hold next to the item you want to change. A new window appears.

Make the appropriate changes to the pickup location, expiration date, or suspension dates. Use the Suspension Date boxes to if you want to put the hold "on hold." For example, you are going on vacation. If you enter suspension dates, your name is temporarily removed from the hold queue. At the end of the suspension, your original place in the hold queue is restored.

Click Submit Hold to activate the changes.

To change information on multiple holds:

In the My Account window, click the Holds tab.

Click Edit All Holds. A new window appears.

By clicking the check box in front of each hold, you can make the same changes to all holds, or selectively apply changes as needed.

Click Submit Hold to activate the changes.