Place items on hold and/or ask for a grab bag of items!
- To place holds
- Use our COSMOS catalog to search for items you would like to place on hold.
- Log into your account. [Video Tutorial]
- Place items on hold, and choose a Calvert Library location for pickup.
- If you need assistance please call 410-535-0291.
- Ask for a surprise grab bag – You can choose to get GRAB BAGS when you make your curbside appointment!
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- Pick a day/time for your curbside appointment, on the next screen you can check the box for a grab bag and tell us what type of books/movies you’d like. Be very general for Grab Bags (ex. 20 picture books, 5 adult fiction and 15 DVDs).
- These grab bag items will be randomly selected the day of your appointment and checked out to you.
- They will be included with any other items you’ve specifically requested to pick up at your appointment.
- Before taking your grab bag items with you, Take a look and make sure they’re a good fit for your and your family’s reading and viewing choices.
- Feel free to drop those you are not interested in back in the book return before you leave.
- It’s that EASY!
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- PS from Calvert Library – Personalized Suggestions
- If you’d like more specific recommendations, we have a service for that as well! Just visit our PS from Calvert Library page, before you make your curbside appointment, and tell us a little bit about what you are looking for. Our staff will create your own personal suggestions list that you can choose to place on hold. Once you get notified that they have arrived, you can make your curbside appointment to pick them up.
Wait for notification then make a curbside pickup appointment.
- You will receive a notification in your usual method (email, phone or text) when your hold is available for pickup.
- Once you receive notification, visit our curbside pickup appointment page to reserve your pickup day/time. Please have your library card available. Same day pickup may be available if requested 3 – 4 hours in advance.
- Can-Do Video: How to Make an Appointment
- Can-Do Video: Curbside Pickup
- Staff will checkout your items and package them for pickup.
Pick up day/time
- Table Pickup
- Table pickup is available in library vestibules.
- Your items will be in a paper bag labeled with your last name on the curbside pick up table
- Please deposit any returns in the book drop.
Enjoy your library materials!