SCLS Makes Changes to its Holds Policy in Effort to Better Serve Patrons

 Somerset Library County System (SCLS) is changing its hold policy as of September 4, 2012.  When a patron places a hold on a title, the catalog system will keep the hold active for 365 days.  After a year, the hold will expire and a cancellation notice will be sent.  Previous to this change in policy, there were no expiration dates on holds placed in the system.

This past March, My Wish Lists became an added feature of the SCLS on-line catalog.  Among its benefits is that items included in each patron’s lists will never be expire in terms of the length of time that an item is included on a list.  In addition, an unlimited number of items may be placed in each list whereas the hold queue only accommodates up to 50 titles maximum.

“This change in policy is a step for SCLS to better manage holds for all of our patrons.  My Wish Lists expands the number of titles patrons may tag in their personal records while also allowing the on-line catalog system to work more efficiently,” said Wendy Clarkson, system administrator.

Patrons with further questions can call SCLS at (908) 526-4016 or visit the website at http://www.sclsnj.org.  The Somerset County Library System has branches in Bridgewater, Bound Brook, Hillsborough, Manville, at the Mary Jacobs Library in Rocky Hill, North Plainfield, Peapack & Gladstone, Somerville, Warren Township and Watchung.