Holds in Michigan Evergreen
Placing a hold from the catalog in the staff client
Search for the item that is to be held.
Click on the Place Hold link.
In the Enter recipient barcode box, enter in the barcode of the patron who wants the item and click on the Submit button. [Note: if you wanted to place this hold for the account that you are logged in to the staff client with, you could so by clicking on the Place hold for my account button.]
The Create/Edit a Hold screen displays.
Notice that Contact telephone number (for this particular hold), Enable phone notifications for this hold and Enable email notifications for this hold, Pickup location and Expiration date can all be customized.
After you have made any changes for the patron, click on the Place Hold button at the bottom. If the hold is possible, the system will send the message will be sent: “Hold was successfully placed.” Click on OK.
Placing a hold from the patron record in the staff client
Click on the Holds button. The screen will refresh to show the holds screen. Click on the Place Hold button.
The screen will refresh to show the catalog in the main frame of the patron record.
Search for the item that is to be held.
The screen will refresh with the results.
Click on the Place Hold link next to the item that the patron wants held.
The patron Create/Edit a Hold screen will display in the main frame.
Notice that Contact telephone number (for this particular hold), Enable phone notifications for this hold and Enable email notifications for this hold, Pickup location and Expiration date can all be customized.
After you have made any changes for the patron, click on the Place Hold button at the bottom. If the hold is possible, the system will send the message will be sent: “Hold was successfully placed.” Click on OK.
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