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Online Renewal and Reservation of Materials

Online Item Renewal

Renew your borrowed materials with ease

Renewal Procedures

1

Access Worldcat Discovery

Visit the Worldcat Discovery webpage

https://benilde.on.worldcat.org/discovery
2

Access Your Account

Click your account name and select "my account" from the dropdown menu

3

Complete Renewal

Click the "renew" button next to materials you wish to re-borrow

Item has been renewed

Watch our tutorial for a visual guide to the renewal process

Renewal Policy

Eligibility

Online renewals can be done by patrons who currently have checked out item(s) that are not yet overdue.

Students & Support Staff

Can renew checked out items for up to three (3) times, equivalent to a total of three (3) weeks.

Faculty & Admin Staff

Can only renew checked out item(s) once, equivalent to a one (1) month extension.

Maximum Renewals Reached

If maximum online renewals are reached, visit the CLR to process further renewals if possible.

Online Item Reservation

Reserve checked-out materials with ease

Reservation Procedures

Books which are currently checked-out can be placed on hold via the use of WorldCat Discovery.

1

Initiate Reservation

Click the "Place Hold" button on the material(s) to be reserved.

2

Account Sign-in

Sign-in to Worldcat Discovery using your Infonet account credentials.

3

Provide Preferences

A pop-up notification will appear to ask your preference regarding pick-up location and hold schedule.

This section is optional
4

Submit Request

Click the submit button to place the request in the system.

5

Notification

Email notifications are sent by the system to let the patron know of the availability of the requested library material.

Watch our tutorial for a visual guide to the reservation process

Reservation Policy

Reservation Priority

Books which are currently checked-out can be placed on hold via WorldCat Discovery. The user who placed a hold on a checked out title will be next in line to borrow it when it is returned.

System Notifications

The following are the system generated notifications that a patron will receive in their Benilde email regarding HOLDS:

Hold Pickup Notification

To notify patrons that their hold is ready for pickup. This hold will expire in 3 days.

Hold Shelf Expiry Notification

To notify patrons that their hold has expired. Upon expiration, the item will be made available to the next patron in queue.

Hold Request Expiry Notification

If the item placed on hold is still not returned after one week, the hold request will expire and will need to be requested again.