Other Information
Other Information
Available as of the 3.8 upgrade January 2022.
Hold groups are designed to store lists of patrons that wish to have holds placed for them on selected items. For example, a library book club may store a list of patrons who wish to have each upcoming month's reading selection placed on hold for them. Staff can reuse this list each month, adding and deleting patrons from it upon request. Or, a library may wish to store a list of patrons who are waiting for the new release by a popular author - staff could add patrons to the list upon request, and then when the title becomes available, can place holds for all of the patrons on the list at once.
Note: If you wish to edit or delete a hold group, double-click on it to open it in the Current Users tab and then click the Hold Groups dropdown to Edit or Delete it.
Alternatively, if you are the person who created the hold group, you can add patrons directly from the patron search results.
You cannot do this with a hold group created by another staff member because the Add to Bucket list will only display ones you created.
Patrons can see which Hold Groups they are currently a member of, and remove themselves from any of them they wish.