More than one library
Each campus library keeps its own catalogue, rules, and reports, under one dashboard.
Features
School library management
A school library is a catalogue, a loan, and a fine. Honest School ERP keeps those in software: acquisition, issue and return, reservations, and a search students can open without walking to the desk.
Barcode and RFID both work. Several libraries can share one dashboard, and the student who borrows a book is the same student as in attendance and fees.
Key features
RFID tracking
UHF RFID tags support issue, return, and shelf checks without handling every book. A shelf can be read in minutes.
Barcode and QR
Import book data by scan, and issue or return with one scan instead of typing the accession number.
Issue, return, and reserve
The desk issues, takes returns, and holds a reservation. Fines and due dates follow the rules you set.
Availability online
Students see whether a title is available, on loan, or reserved, from the web or the app.
Library attendance
Visits can be recorded by class, division, and time, with in and out.
Fines
Fine rules can differ by book type or borrower. Overdue reminders can go out by SMS or WhatsApp.
Cloud catalogue
The catalogue is stored online, with backups, and can be opened from the devices the library already uses.
Import and export
Bring an existing catalogue in from Excel or CSV, and export a report when you need a file.
The same student as the ERP
Members come from the student and staff record, so the library does not keep a second membership list.
How a book moves through the library
Acquisition
The librarian selects a title. An ISBN can fill title, author, and publisher, instead of typing the whole record.
Cataloguing
The book is filed by subject, shelf, copies, and status, and a barcode or RFID tag is assigned.
Search
A student searches the catalogue on the portal or the app, checks availability, and can reserve the title.
Issue
At the desk or a self-checkout, the book and the student card are read. Issue date and due date are stored.
Reminder
As the due date nears, an SMS or WhatsApp reminder can go to the student or parent. A fine can start after the due date.
Return
The return clears the loan. A fine, if any, is calculated and can be added to the student account.
Circulation, overdue titles, frequent borrowers, stock, and budget can be read from the library dashboard.
RFID in the library
An RFID tag in the book stores the accession identity and is linked to the catalogue. A reader at the desk updates issue and return without a line-of-sight scan. A self-checkout lets a student issue a book with a student card. A drop box can accept returns and clear the loan, with a message back to the student. Gates at the exit can alarm if a book that was not issued leaves the room. A handheld reader can check a shelf without taking every book down.
- Many books can be read together, which is the difference from scanning one barcode at a time.
- Librarians spend less time typing and more time with students.
- A full stock check takes hours rather than a closed library for weeks.
- A misplaced book can be found from the shelf with a handheld reader.
- Exit gates protect titles that were not issued.
- Students can use a self-service desk for everyday loans.
Library modules
Acquisition and cataloguing
Purchase, ISBN lookup, subject, shelf, copies, and the tag or barcode on each book.
Serials
Periodicals are controlled beside the book catalogue so magazines and journals are not a side list.
Circulation
Issue, return, reservation, due dates, and fines.
OPAC
The online catalogue students and teachers search for a title and its availability.
Mobile catalogue
The same search on the school app, including a reservation.
Library reports
Circulation, overdue books, stock, and how the library is being used.
Proven at scale
Numbers That Speak For Honest School ERP
25+
Years Legacy
2,000+
Satisfied Clients
96%
Client Retention
40+
Modules
25,000+
Professionals Trained
15,00,000+
Students Managed
Why schools choose it
Benefit of Library
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Librarians issue and return without retyping each accession number.
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Students and teachers search and reserve without a trip to the desk first.
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Management sees circulation, overdue stock, and usage from one report.
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Fines and reminders follow rules instead of a handwritten overdue list.
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The catalogue survives a change of computer because it is not stored on one desk.
Questions
01 What does library software do in a school?
It catalogues books, issues and returns them, calculates fines, and lets people search what the library holds.
02 What is the online catalogue?
OPAC is the search students and teachers use to see if a title exists and whether it is on the shelf, on loan, or reserved.
03 How is RFID different from a barcode?
A barcode is read one book at a time, in line of sight. RFID can read a tag without that alignment, including several books and a whole shelf with a handheld reader.
04 Does it work on a phone?
Yes. Search and reservation are available on the school app as well as the web catalogue.
05 Can overdue reminders be sent?
Yes. SMS or WhatsApp reminders can go out as the due date approaches, and fines follow the rule you set.
06 Is the catalogue protected?
Library data is stored with the rest of the campus record, with access limited by role and with backups.
07 Can several campus libraries use it?
Yes. Each library can keep its own catalogue and rules under one dashboard.
08 How does it connect to the school ERP?
Borrowers are students and staff already in the ERP, and fines can meet the student account.
09 Which reports can we get?
Circulation, overdue books, top borrowers, stock, and budget use.
10 How do we start?
Import the current catalogue from Excel or CSV, tag or barcode the books, and issue from the new register.