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-Placing Holds
+Placing holds
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Patrons can place holds on items via the OPAC if they're logged in and
- When viewing a list or search results page you'll see the option to
place hold on multiple items by checking the boxes to the left of the
- results and clicking 'Place Hold' at the top
+ results and clicking 'Place hold' at the top
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- If you would like to see more options you can click 'Show more
options'
- Place Hold Form with More Options
+ Place hold form with more options
- If you have the
:ref:`AllowHoldItemTypeSelection`
- If allowed by your
:ref:`OPACAllowHoldDateInFuture`
- preference, the 'Hold Starts on Date' column will show. This field
+ preference, the 'Hold starts on date' column will show. This field
allows the patron to have their hold start on a future date.
- By default holds placed in the system remain until canceled, but if
- the patron fills in a 'Hold Not Needed After' date then the hold has
+ the patron fills in a 'Hold not needed after' date then the hold has
an expiration date.
- **Important**
- Expired holds are removed by the :ref:`Expired Holds Cron
- Job <expired-holds-label>`, this is not an automatic process
+ Expired holds are removed by the :ref:`expired holds cron
+ job <expired-holds-label>`, this is not an automatic process
and must be set up by your system administrator
- If allowed by the :ref:`OpacHoldNotes` preference then
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-After clicking the Place Hold button the patron will be brought to their
+After clicking the 'Place hold' button the patron will be brought to their
account page where they'll see all of the items they have on hold.
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