Hold Slips

Note that Sierra does not send hold slips to the to the E-mail to Patron printer. You must choose a local or browser printer to print a hold slip.

Sierra enables you to print a hold slip when:

For more information, see the following:

Customizing Hold Slips

Your library can use one of the following features to define the elements of a hold slip:

Default Hold Slip

The default hold slip contains the following elements:

Title
The TITLE variable-length field in the bibliographic record.
Call Number
The CALL # variable-length field in the local bibliographic record or, if absent from the bibliographic record, from the item record.
Item Barcode
The BARCODE variable-length field in the item record.
Patron Name
The PATRN NAME variable-length field in the patron record.
Patron Address
First and second lines of the ADDRESS variable-length field in the patron's record.
Patron Email Address
The EMAIL ADDR variable-length field in the patron record.
Email Addresses on Hold Slips

The patron email address appears only if the optional feature Display Patron Contact Information in Holdshelf Prompts is set to Print Fields or Display and Print.


Patron Phone Number
The TELEPHONE variable-length field in the patron record.
Hold Pickup Location
The pickup location as specified in the hold record.

Example Hold Slip

A example hold slip is shown below.

	  
TITLE:        Handbook of monetary economics / edited by Benjamin M. Friedman
CALL NUMBER:  HG221 .H14 v.2 main
BARCODE     : 15001000178373
PATRON NAME : Smith, Dan
ADDRESS     : 844 Main Street  Fremont, CA 94539
EMAIL       : dan_smith@hotmail.com
TELEPHONE   : 510-490-1345
PICKUP AT   : Main Branch