Reserve a book, movie, or other material from our collection through your online account! When you place a hold, you are submitting a request for an item to be picked up at your local library.
York County Library members may place up to 10 holds at a time.
Holds will be available for 7 days after they are ready for pickup from the library.
How to Place a Hold
Follow the steps below:
- Log in to your online account
- By default, your username is the same as your library card number.
- If your username has changed, try using your library card number first.
- If you are unable to log in, contact your library to reset your settings.
- Your password will likely be the last 4 digits of your library card.
- By default, your username is the same as your library card number.
- Search for an item from our catalog.
- After finding the item you want to place on hold, select the “Place Hold” button beside the name of the title. Please Note: Selecting this button does not complete the hold request. You must fill out the Place Hold form on the next page to complete your request.
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- If you wish to place multiple items on hold, add the item to your “basket.” You can later view all items in your basket and place a hold at one time.
- You will then be directed to the “Place Hold” page
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- If you have enabled notification preferences, some of your personal information may be automatically filled in.
- Complete the form with your notification preferences
- Please Note: Some libraries do NOT support phone call notifications, including Martin Library.
- (Optional) Check the box to suspend the hold
- Suspended holds will keep their place in the queue but will not become available until reactivated.
- Use “Set activation date” to optionally choose a date for when a suspended hold will automatically reactivate.
- Click the “Submit” button when you are finished.
Cancel or Edit your Holds
- If you have items on hold, you can check the status of your holds from the My Account page.
- From the menu on the My Account page, select the “Holds/Ready” button. Then click “Items on Hold.”
- Tip: The number beside the “Holds/Ready” button indicates the total number of holds placed on your account and the number of holds that are ready for pickup. You are allowed to place a maximum of 10 holds at one time.
- On this tab, you will see your current items on hold
Suspend, Activate or Cancel the Hold
- Select the checkbox beside the title of the item to “select” it.
- Once an item is selected, select the appropriate action button:
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- Suspend: Stops the hold from being processed for you but does not lose your place in the queue of holds.
- Activate: If the hold was previously suspended, this function re-enables the hold to be processed.
- Cancel: Removes the current hold for the item
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- Once an item hold is suspended, activated, or cancelled, it will be updated and visible from the “status” column on this page.
Edit the Hold
- Select the “Edit” button beside the title of the item
- The “Edit Hold” page will open
- While here, you can adjust various settings about your hold, including the pickup location.
Expiring Holds
Once a hold is ready for pickup from the library, the items will be reserved for 7 days. After this time, the hold will be removed from your account.