Placing a book on Hold means that you are asking the Follett Shelf to reserve a book for you that is currently checked out to another reader. That way you are certain that you will be able to eventually check that book out yourself.
To place a Hold on a Book:
- Sign in to your Follett Shelf account.
- Set the sort to List (it defaults to Cover, but Cover Sort doesn’t give you the option to Hold a book).
- If you find a title that you are interested in checking out and it is currently checked out to someone else, that is when you place the Hold.
- Click on the green Checkout/Hold button that is beside the book that you want.
- This window appears:
- Click on Yes and a screen will pop up for several seconds that tells you that your Hold has been placed.
- A list of your hold may be found in your book bag -- click on the Hold icon (a red stop sign shape) and you will be able to see all of the Holds that you have placed.
How Will You Know When a Hold is Ready for You?
- Once the person returns a book that on which you have place a Hold, if you are next in the queue, a message will be waiting for you when you log into your personal Follett Shelf account the next time. It will look like this:
- Go to your book bag and check out your Hold.
This information is shared through the courtesy of Becky Collins, Park Forest Elementary School Library Web Site, State College, PA.