diff --git a/pages/hold/request/[id]/edd.tsx b/pages/hold/request/[id]/edd.tsx
index 5db829334..334d59393 100644
--- a/pages/hold/request/[id]/edd.tsx
+++ b/pages/hold/request/[id]/edd.tsx
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export default function EDDRequestPage({
   const [eddFormState, setEddFormState] = useState({
     ...initialEDDFormState,
     patronId,
-    source: item.source,
+    source: item.formattedSourceForHoldRequest,
   })
   const [formPosting, setFormPosting] = useState(false)
 
diff --git a/pages/hold/request/[id]/index.tsx b/pages/hold/request/[id]/index.tsx
index c040feb8b..1313e5c2d 100644
--- a/pages/hold/request/[id]/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/hold/request/[id]/index.tsx
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ export default function HoldRequestPage({
               handleSubmit={handleSubmit}
               holdId={holdId}
               patronId={patronId}
-              source={item.source}
+              source={item.formattedSourceForHoldRequest}
             />
           </>
         ) : null}
diff --git a/src/models/Item.ts b/src/models/Item.ts
index d3c8c8de7..ae4e81a88 100644
--- a/src/models/Item.ts
+++ b/src/models/Item.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   locationEndpointsMap,
 } from "../utils/itemUtils"
 import { appConfig } from "../config/config"
+import { convertCamelToShishKabobCase } from "../utils/appUtils"
 
 /**
  * The Item class contains the data and getter functions
@@ -81,6 +82,10 @@ export default class Item {
       .includes("all")
   }
 
+  get formattedSourceForHoldRequest(): string {
+    return convertCamelToShishKabobCase(this.source)
+  }
+
   // Pre-processing logic for setting Item holding location
   getLocationFromItem(item: DiscoveryItemResult): ItemLocation {
     let location = defaultNYPLLocation
diff --git a/src/models/modelTests/Item.test.ts b/src/models/modelTests/Item.test.ts
index db080df42..d07e92901 100644
--- a/src/models/modelTests/Item.test.ts
+++ b/src/models/modelTests/Item.test.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ describe("Item model", () => {
         "A history of spaghetti eating and cooking for: spaghetti dinner."
       )
     })
+
+    it("returns the source in kebabcase for use in hold requests", () => {
+      expect(item.formattedSourceForHoldRequest).toBe("sierra-nypl")
+    })
   })
 
   describe("ReCAP checks", () => {
diff --git a/src/utils/appUtils.ts b/src/utils/appUtils.ts
index 67a1f8dbb..41a4c9e28 100644
--- a/src/utils/appUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/appUtils.ts
@@ -140,3 +140,19 @@ export const convertToSentenceCase = (str: string) =>
   str.split(" ").length > 1
     ? str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1).toLowerCase()
     : str
+
+/**
+ * Converts camel case string to shish kabob case
+ *
+ * e.g. camelToShishKabobCase("RecapPul")
+ *        => "recap-pul"
+ *      camelToShishKabobCase("firstCharCanBeLowerCase")
+ *        => "first-char-can-be-lower-case"
+ */
+export const convertCamelToShishKabobCase = (str: string) =>
+  str
+    // Change capital letters into "-{lowercase letter}"
+    .replace(/([A-Z])/g, (capitalLetter, placeholderVar, index) => {
+      // If capital letter is not first character, precede with '-':
+      return (index > 0 ? "-" : "") + capitalLetter.toLowerCase()
+    })