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Books

The catalogue of titles with copies, availability and the tools to add, edit and delete books.

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Add each title once and say how many copies the school owns. Insply keeps count of the copies on loan, so Available is always up to date.

What you see on this page

  • Four totals at the top: Titles, Total copies, On loan and Overdue.
  • A Search books box. It searches title, author and ISBN.
  • The table: Title (with the ISBN beside it), Author, Category, Copies shown as free / total, and Availability.
  • Availability reads, for example, 2 of 5 free, in green. It reads All on loan in red when every copy is out, and No copies when the total is zero.
  • A pager when there are many books.
  • Edit and delete icons on each row, for people who can manage the library.

Add a book

  1. Press Add book.
  2. Type the Title (required).
  3. Optionally fill Author, Category and ISBN.
  4. Set Copies, from 1 to 999. The default is 1.
  5. Press Add book.

Edit a book

  1. Press the pencil on the book's row.
  2. Change any field. It is the same form used to add a book.
  3. Press Save changes.

Delete a book

  1. Press the delete icon on the book's row.
  2. Confirm. The book and its loan history are removed.