Library · How-to
Lend a book
Give a copy of a book to a student or teacher.
Use this at the desk when a member borrows a book. The person must already be a member.
Steps
- Open Library → Lend & return.
- Select Lend book.
- In Book, type the title and pick it from the list.
- In Who is borrowing it?, type the name and pick the person.
- Set Keep for how many days? The default is 14.
- Select Lend book. The loan appears in the table.
Common questions
The book is not in the list.
Only books with a free copy are offered. If all copies are out, the book does not show.
The person is not in the list.
Only active members are offered. Add them under Library → Members, or set them to Active.
It says the member already has this book.
A member can have only one copy of the same title at a time.