Koha-Library-Software/C3/Place-hold-on-an-item-through-OPAC/English

Title of the Script: Place hold on an item through OPAC

Author: Vaibhavi Satardekar and Maya Hans

Keywords: Koha, Koha 24.05, Search item,Place hold for an item, Library item hold, Reserve a book, Check hold status, Koha holds management, Specific item hold, Cancel book hold, Video tutorial.

Pre-requisites: Cataloguing

Visual cue	Narration
Slide Number 1 Title Slide	Welcome to this Spoken Tutorial on Place hold on an item through OPAC.
Slide Number 2 Learning Objectives We will learn how to: Place hold on an item through OPAC	In this tutorial, we will learn how to: Place a hold on an item through OPAC.
Slide Number 3 System Requirement To record this tutorial, I am using Ubuntu Linux OS v22.04 Koha v24.05 Firefox v131.0.3 A working internet connection	To record this tutorial, I am using Ubuntu Linux OS version 22 point 04 Koha version 24 point 05 Firefox version 131 point 0 point 3 I also have a working internet connection.
Slide Number 4 Pre-requisites You should have knowledge of Library Science	To follow this tutorial, you should have knowledge of Library Science.
Open this OPAC URL browser:127.0.1.1:8000 or 127.0.0.0	To view the OPAC, open a web browser and type this url.
Narration only	This URL is based on a port number and the domain name. This port number we had given at the time of installation.
Press Enter	Please type as per what you had mentioned and press Enter.
Cursor on Spoken Tutorial Library OPAC	This will open the Spoken Tutorial Library OPAC page.
Opened OPAC interface	To place hold on an item, I have opened the OPAC interface.
Click on Library catalog Select Title Search by: Author, Subject, ISBN, ISSN, Series or Call number	At the top of the page locate the Library catalog tab. From the drop down select the Title option. You can also search for an item by Author, Subject, ISBN, ISSN, Series or Call number.
Type Industrial Microbiology and press Enter.	In the search bar I will type Industrial Microbiology and press Enter.
Narration only Item type: Book Current library: Spoken Tutorial Library Call number: Copy number: Status: Checked out Date due:	A page Industrial Microbiology Patel, Arvind H. opens with the details of this item. Below the item details we can see a table with the following details. Under the Status column we can see the availability of the item. Please note we can only place hold on checkedout items.
Cursor on Browse results Click on the Place hold.	To place hold on this item go to the right side of the page. Click on Place hold.
Narration only	Before logging into OPAC, please note: In Add a new patron tutorial, we had learned how to modify or edit patron details.
Change the password of patron Soniya Raghav in Koha.	So, first we need to change the password of patron Soniya Raghav in Koha.
logged koha as a Superlibrarian. In the Checkout search bar type Soniya and press enter.	I have already logged into koha as a Superlibrarian. In the Checkout search bar type Soniya and press Enter.
Click on Change Password Cursor on Change username and/or password for Soniya. Raghav	Above the patron name click on Change password. A Page Change username and/or password for Soniya. Raghav opens.
Username: soniya. raghav Passward: Soniya@1234 Click on Save Cursor on OPAC	Let us change the password as shown here. Click on the Save button. Let’s go back to the OPAC tab.
Login: Soniya, Raghav Password: Soniya@1234 Click on Login	Now login using Soniya. Raghav’s credentials.
Cursor on Placing a hold Confirm holds for Miss Soniya, Raghav. Cursor on checkbox for Industrial microbiology	Placing a hold Confirm holds for Miss.Soniya, Raghav page opens. Koha auto-clicked the checkbox for Industrial microbiology.
Cursor on Pick up location	For the Pick up location Koha auto selected Spoken Tutorial Library. So we will keep it as it is.
Click on Confirm hold	Now click on the Confirm hold button at the bottom of the page.
Cursor on Your summary page	Your summary page opens with the Hold details. Under the patron name we can see the holds on this particular item.
Cursor on X Modify	If you wish to remove the hold, go to Modify column and click the Cancel button.
Narration only	With this we come to the end of this tutorial.
Slide Number 5 Summary In this tutorial we learned to: Place hold on an item through OPAC	Let’s quickly recap.
Slide Number 6 Assignment Place hold on any other checked out book to Ms.Soniya, Raghav	As an assignment Place hold on any other checked out book to Miss Soniya Raghav.
Slide Number 7 Thank you	Thank you for joining.

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