With the holidays here and many of us traveling or just incredibly busy, the last thing we want to think about are our holds piling up at our local library. Thankfully, the Santa Fe Public Library has easy-to-use tools to help us manage our holds so when "normal" life resumes, we can get that book, DVD, or CD that we have our eye on.
If you're going to be out-of-town or just too busy for a while, your best bet is to
freeze your holds. This means that you won't lose your hold or your place in line, just that the hold won't activate while it's frozen. When you're back from traveling or ready to resume your reading, you can just unfreeze your holds and life proceeds as usual.
If there are items that you want to check out "some day", but not soon enough to place a hold on, use the
My Lists feature. This allows you to create different wish lists of books, DVDs, and CDs. When you're ready to place a hold on them, the catalog makes it very easy with just a few clicks.
Any reference librarian will be thrilled to help you set up the My Lists feature, freeze your holds, or thaw them out when you're ready. You can also
find help on the
Holds page or the
My Lists page.
A librarian's home was getting renovated this year, and due to some water damage an old adobe wall had to be torn down and rebuilt. Among the goodies squirreled away in the wall was this nice old library card. While it's a far cry from our excellent online catalog and barcoded cards, the metal insert is a nice nod to modernity.
