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About Holds • How to Place Holds • Drive-up Holds Window • Hold Status • Freezing Holds

About Holds

A hold is how you request that the Library set aside an item to "hold" it so you can come check it out from us. A hold lets you get in line for a title that has been pre-ordered or that is currently checked out to another customer.

Library staff run reports twice a day to pull available items - showing as ON THE SHELF or JUST RETURNED - that have been requested by someone placing a hold.

For quickest turnaround for holds on available items showing as ON THE SHELF or JUST RETURNED, choose the pickup location matching where the item is on the shelf.

BE AWARE: For an available item, until the title is showing as ON HOLDSHELF for whoever placed a hold, that item can be checked out by any customer who finds it on the shelf in the Library. Call us at 972-466-4800 to place time-sensitive holds on available materials.

• 25 on an established Library card ¹
• 5 on a TexShare card
• Items held for 7 days on the holdshelf except hotspots and tool kits held for 3 days
• Hold Available Notices are sent to email(s) listed in your account
• Holds, including status, are listed in your online Library account

As of September 15, 2021, overdue items block checking out, renewing, and placing holds.

Call the Library at 972-466-4800 for same day pickup of available items.