Your Book Nest is built for small, volunteer-run libraries - churches, mosques, study groups, hospices and community centres. This guide walks through the three things you do most: add items, check them out, and check them back in.
Add items to your catalogue
An item is a title in your collection - a book, DVD, CD, piece of equipment or anything else you lend. Type the title, author and type, and it goes straight in. There is no ISBN lookup, no barcode scanning and no cataloguing standard to learn. Each item can have one or more physical copies, so two copies of the same book are tracked separately when they go out.
Check an item out
Pick a copy, pick the patron, and the due date is worked out from your default loan period. You can check several items out to one patron at once and extend a due date later if someone needs longer.
Check an item back in
When a copy comes back, check it in with one click and it returns to the shelf. Overdue items are flagged for you - there are no fines to calculate, because enforcement in a small library is social, not systematic.
