Chicago Public Library - Skip "Place Hold At" Screen by Selecting Permanent Default

By WCityMike — Last update Mar 5, 2008 — Installed 216 times.


Script Summary: By changing the values below, you can alter the default branch at which you will pick up holds. However, you'll need to determine your branch's number -- see this script's entry for a list.

You will have to edit the script's source, which you can do with Notepad on Windows, or with TextEdit (or BBEdit or TextWrangler or TextMate, etc.) on Mac OS X. I'm a splicer, not a programmer, so I wasn't able to build error-checking into this script. If you find that the page is loading over and over again in a loop, something's wrong with the number for your branch; click on the small monkey face in your status bar to turn off Greasemonkey, and the loop should stop. Where it currently says "1", you need to replace it with the number for your branch:
  • If your branch is Albany Park, then use this number: 1.
  • If your branch is Altgeld, then use this number: 2.
  • If your branch is Archer Heights, then use this number: 3.
  • If your branch is Austin, then use this number: 4.
  • If your branch is Austin-Irving, then use this number: 5.
  • If your branch is Avalon, then use this number: 6.
  • If your branch is Back of the Yards, then use this number: 7.
  • If your branch is Beverly, then use this number: 8.
  • If your branch is Bezazian, then use this number: 9.
  • If your branch is Blackstone, then use this number: 10.
  • If your branch is Brainerd, then use this number: 11.
  • If your branch is Brighton Park, then use this number: 12.
  • If your branch is Bucktown-Wicker Park, then use this number: 13.
  • If your branch is Budlong Woods, then use this number: 14.
  • If your branch is Canaryville, then use this number: 15.
  • If your branch is Chicago Bee, then use this number: 16.
  • If your branch is Chicago Lawn, then use this number: 17.
  • If your branch is Chinatown, then use this number: 18.
  • If your branch is Clearing, then use this number: 19.
  • If your branch is Coleman, then use this number: 20.
  • If your branch is Daley, then use this number: 21.
  • If your branch is Douglass, then use this number: 22.
  • If your branch is Eckhart Park, then use this number: 23.
  • If your branch is Edgebrook, then use this number: 24.
  • If your branch is Edgewater, then use this number: 25.
  • If your branch is Gage Park, then use this number: 26.
  • If your branch is Galewood-Mont Clare, then use this number: 27.
  • If your branch is Garfield Ridge, then use this number: 28.
  • If your branch is Hall, then use this number: 29.
  • If your branch is Harold Washington-HWLC, then use this number: 30.
  • If your branch is Hegewisch, then use this number: 31.
  • If your branch is Humboldt Park, then use this number: 32.
  • If your branch is Independence, then use this number: 33.
  • If your branch is Jefferson Park, then use this number: 34.
  • If your branch is Jeffery Manor, then use this number: 35.
  • If your branch is Kelly, then use this number: 36.
  • If your branch is King, then use this number: 37.
  • If your branch is Legler, then use this number: 38.
  • If your branch is Lincoln Belmont, then use this number: 39.
  • If your branch is Lincoln Park, then use this number: 40.
  • If your branch is Logan Square, then use this number: 41.
  • If your branch is Lozano, then use this number: 42.
  • If your branch is Manning, then use this number: 43.
  • If your branch is Marshall Square, then use this number: 44.
  • If your branch is Mayfair, then use this number: 45.
  • If your branch is McKinley Park, then use this number: 46.
  • If your branch is Merlo, then use this number: 47.
  • If your branch is Midwest, then use this number: 48.
  • If your branch is Mount Greenwood, then use this number: 49.
  • If your branch is Near North, then use this number: 50.
  • If your branch is North Austin, then use this number: 51.
  • If your branch is North Pulaski, then use this number: 52.
  • If your branch is Northtown, then use this number: 53.
  • If your branch is Oriole Park, then use this number: 54.
  • If your branch is Portage-Cragin, then use this number: 55.
  • If your branch is Pullman, then use this number: 56.
  • If your branch is Roden, then use this number: 57.
  • If your branch is Rogers Park, then use this number: 58.
  • If your branch is Roosevelt, then use this number: 59.
  • If your branch is Scottsdale, then use this number: 60.
  • If your branch is Sherman Park, then use this number: 61.
  • If your branch is South Chicago, then use this number: 62.
  • If your branch is South Shore, then use this number: 63.
  • If your branch is Sulzer Regional, then use this number: 64.
  • If your branch is Thurgood Marshall, then use this number: 65.
  • If your branch is Toman, then use this number: 66.
  • If your branch is Tuley Park, then use this number: 67.
  • If your branch is Uptown, then use this number: 68.
  • If your branch is Vodak-East Side, then use this number: 69.
  • If your branch is Walker, then use this number: 70.
  • If your branch is West Addison, then use this number: 71.
  • If your branch is West Belmont, then use this number: 72.
  • If your branch is West Chicago Avenue, then use this number: 73.
  • If your branch is West Englewood, then use this number: 74.
  • If your branch is West Lawn, then use this number: 75.
  • If your branch is West Pullman, then use this number: 76.
  • If your branch is Whitney M. Young, Jr., then use this number: 77.
  • If your branch is Woodson Regional, then use this number: 78.
  • If your branch is Wrightwood-Ashburn, then use this number: 79.

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