Tool Librarian

..... a powerful webapp for tool lending libraries

Tool Librarian tracks members, tools, and tool loans. Its thoughtful design offers a startlingly clean and intuitive interface which makes for easy training of volunteer librarians.

Screens can be configured to remove several of the fields shown in the DEMO below. This allows flexibility in meeting the needs of individual libraries. The optional fields are:

• References (intent: enter names and phone numbers of "emergency contacts", to use when tools are long overdue.)
• Dues (if your library has annual dues. In the DEMO, paying more than $200 makes you a LifeMember!)
• Neighborhoods (if you track your member's neighborhood like we do here at the SouthEast Portland Tool Library.)
• AddressVerifier (if you want a second form of Member ID to prove the member's home is within your catchment area.)
• SignedMemberAgreement (if you have Member Agreements each member must sign.)

The videos below will give you and idea of how to use Tool Librarian, and a DEMO will let you take it for a spin. The DEMO data is refreshed every few days, at which point (and you might want to jot these down before opening the demo):

• MemberIDs are in the range 2090 - 2096
• ToolIDs are 31171 - 31193.
• "Today's" Login password = "ToolLibrarian"

(The webapp was designed to work best in the latest versions of Firefox.)