Answered By: Charlotte Everitt, BA (Hons) Cert.Ed. (FE) PG Dip. ILS MCLIP
Last Updated: 10 May, 2016     Views: 161

You can only place a hold on an item if all lending copies of the item are on loan. It is not possible to put a hold on an available book in order to pick it up later, or to place a hold on an item when there is only a reference copy or an ebook copy available.
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