Suspending Holds
"Suspending" your holds makes your holds inactive for a specific period of time that you designate. You may want to suspend your holds when you are on holidays or if you have multiple holds that may come available at the same time.
You will keep your place in the hold queue, and if you are at the top of the hold queue at the end of the suspension period that you have specified the next available copy will be processed and sent to your pickup library.
If a hold is available and waiting for you to pick up, you cannot suspend that hold.
How to suspend a hold
- Log in to your account with your library card number and PIN.
- Once you have successfully logged in, open your My eLibCat account
- Open the Holds tab.
- Place a tick in the box of the holds that you would like to suspend. You will not be able to suspend any holds that are Ready to Pickup. You can select multiple holds.
Click 'Edit/Suspend Hold/s.- If you would like to suspend your hold from a future date, change the 'Start Date'. Please enter an 'End Date' to suspend the hold for up to 12 months.
- If a hold is currently suspended there will be a orange calendar icon next to the title.
- To cancel the hold suspension, place a tick in the box of the appropriate hold, and click 'Cancel Hold Suspension/s.'
- To change the suspension period of a currently suspended hold, place a tick in the box of the appropriate hold and click 'Edit/Suspend Hold/s.'
