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Reserve library books and school resources for your classroom

A 60-second screen recording of a real school doing exactly this — and the same 5 steps written out below, in the labels you'll see on screen.

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How to reserve library books and school resources for your classroom

  1. 1In the sidebar under "Library & resources", click "Reserve" (page header: "Browse the catalog, then place a hold or reserve.")
  2. 2Check the recommendation rows — "For your assignments", "Recommended for you" — surfaced from your lessons and classes
  3. 3Use the "Books" and "Resources" tabs to browse, with the "Search title or author…" and "Search — name, projector, seats…" boxes and the category filter
  4. 4On a book, click "Place hold"; on a resource, click "Reserve" and pick your dates
  5. 5Track everything under "My holds & reservations" at the top, and use "Cancel" to release one

Part of Library, resources & reservations

Barcode labels you print yourself, a scan station for checkout, holds families place from home, shared equipment reserved with dates instead of arguments — and the textbooks, shelf counts, and supply cupboard that come with all of it.

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Do it yourself in the live demo

Follow these steps in a real sandbox school — admin, teacher, family, and student views. Sample data resets daily.