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Manage the hold queue on a library book

A 60-second screen recording of a real school doing exactly this — and the same 5 steps written out below, in the labels you'll see on screen.

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How to manage the hold queue on a library book

  1. 1Click Library under Library & resources in the sidebar and open a book
  2. 2Scroll to the Holds card to see the queue — each hold shows the requester, any needed-by date, and a status badge
  3. 3To add a family to the queue yourself, click Add hold, select the Student, and click Place hold
  4. 4When a copy comes back, check it out to the first person in the queue from the Check out page
  5. 5Clear a finished or abandoned request with the delete button on the hold (confirm Cancel this hold?)

Part of Library, resources & reservations

Barcode labels you print yourself, a scan station for checkout, holds families place from home, shared equipment reserved with dates instead of arguments — and the textbooks, shelf counts, and supply cupboard that come with all of it.

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Do it yourself in the live demo

Follow these steps in a real sandbox school — admin, teacher, family, and student views. Sample data resets daily.