{"id":9820,"date":"2018-04-30T11:10:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T15:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/libtest\/?p=9820"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:39:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:39:28","slug":"place-a-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/place-a-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"Place A Hold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You can request library materials from home, to pick up later. These are called “holds.” You may have up to 20 active hold requests at a time. When your items arrive, you can receive a call, email, or text message to let you know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will hold the item for you for one week at the circulation desk of the library location you specified for pick up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place Your Own Item Requests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Electronically<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

You may place your own item requests electronically through the online catalog<\/a> either from a computer in the Library or from your home or office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enter your library card number and PIN<\/a>, request the item, and use the drop-down menu to choose your preferred library location<\/a> for pickup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Person<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Request assistance to place a HOLD at any Branch Library Reference Desk<\/a>. You must have your library card with you to do this since we will need your barcode number to place the request for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Request Items with Help from a Librarian<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Over Email<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Use the form on our our Ask A Librarian page,<\/a> or directly email us at ask@springfieldlibrary.org<\/a>. Please include your mailing address, telephone number, and library card number, along with details of the items you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the Phone<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Call the Reference Desk at any Springfield City Library location<\/a>, or call the Central Library reference desk at 413-263-6828 ext. 213. The librarian will need to know your library card number, and the details of what items you want.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

However you request your materials, we will call you or send you an email, text, or a postcard notification when your materials are ready for pick up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-do-i"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9820"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37858,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9820\/revisions\/37858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}