Local Holds Priority

For Safety

For the safety our communities we are introducing a new feature to prioritize local requests on materials and reduce the movement of items from library to library.

Local Items for Local Users

Your requests will be filled with a copy from your pickup library, unless another library’s copy is available sooner. If your pickup location doesn’t own a copy, your hold will be filled with another library’s copy when it becomes available.

Where is My Hold Number?

You’re not alone in missing the status information about your holds! Don’t worry, your hold has been preserved, and you’ll keep moving toward the front of the line. You will receive a notice when the item is available for you to pick up.

Your hold queue number is no longer available because the number won’t be accurate as there are more variables involved than the order of when your hold was placed.

Receiving too many items at once?

We recommend “freezing” holds on any titles you’re not ready to receive. You’ll keep moving toward the front of the line, but the hold won’t be filled for you until you unfreeze the hold.

To suggest additions, please email Katie Zimmermann at