"Hold for me" is a service to retrieve and hold books for pickup from the UW collections. The turnaround time for a request is two business days, although the libraries will try to fill the request within one day.
This service is available for UW students, staff, and faculty. Please note that UW Outreach / Distance students need to use Interlibrary Loan to have books pulled and shipped to them. UW Libraries public patrons with a current account can use "Hold for me."
If you only want a chapter from a book or an article from a bound magazine or journal, use the Interlibrary Loan button located next to the "Hold for me" button. Sign in and complete the request form. This service is only available to UW students, staff, and faculty.
To use this service, sign in to your My Account and look for "Hold for Me" next to the REQUEST heading. Below is a screenshot.
Select your Pickup Location and click SEND REQUEST. The message "Your request was successfully placed" will display.
To cancel a request, open the drop-down menu under your name, and select "My Requests." Find the item and click on "X Cancel."
Additional Information:
If a patron attempts to ask for items that are not requestable (such as items in Special Collections, e-books, lost items, etc.), an error message of "No items requestable, request denied" will appear.
Please note that there are some quirks to this system.
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While multiple items may be requested, the interface allows only one transaction at a time. For example, DVDs with multiple discs require the requestor to return to the title record to request the next disc in the set. To request additional books or other items, return to the online catalog and repeat the process.
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Items from the UW Law Library cannot be requested.
Items not picked up within seven days are returned to the stacks.
If there are any questions about this service, contact User Services at libcirc@uwyo.edu, calling 307-766-3190, or stopping by the Help Desk at any UW Library.