Placing holds on items for patrons involves using the Search/Holds mode to scan the item barcode and retrieve the item record. After selecting the Hold Selected Item button, the patron's record is retrieved to place the hold. Once the hold is placed, it must be activated by scanning the item again in Check-in mode and printing a hold slip with the patron's name and pickup date underlined.

1. Placing Holds
1) One of the ways of placing holds on items for our patrons is
through the Search/Holds mode. After entering the
Search/Holds mode, select the Barcode index in order to
scan the item and pull up its item record.

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2) After scanning the item, the Summary tab will show you the
Title, Call Number, Barcode, Location, Due Date and Hold
status.

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3) Click on the Hold Selected Item button. Millennium opens a new
search window for you to retrieve a patron record. Retrieve the
desired patron record by opening dropdown menu and choosing
search by CWID.
4) For paging titles, scan the top barcode of the paging slip.

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5) A dialog box will appear asking if you would like to place a
hold on this item.

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6) After clicking on the Place Hold button, you will be prompted to
enter a pickup location. Type ‘circ’ for Circulation. When the
patron receives an email alerting them that the item is ready for
pickup, it will tell them the Circulation Desk is the pickup location.

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7) Now that a hold has been placed on this item, the last step
is to activate the hold. To activate a hold on a specific item,
enter the Check-in mode and scan the item’s barcode. A
dialog box asking for a printed slip will appear. Choose Yes to
print slip.

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8) After printing slip, underline the Patrons
name and print the date that is 10 days
from the day printed. File item in
Circulation workroom in alphabetical
order.