Library Assist turns a barcode scan or a phone photo into a fully catalogued book, in seconds. Built for school and institutional libraries that need real cataloguing, circulation, and fines — without a subscription to a cloud system they don't control.
Built from real day-to-day cataloguing and lending work — not a generic inventory template.
Scan an ISBN, Library Assist looks it up automatically and saves it as a new accession in seconds.
Photograph the title page of an old or local book with no barcode — OCR extracts the title, author and publisher for you to confirm.
Add students one at a time or batch-import hundreds from a CSV, then print barcoded library ID cards for fast checkout.
See at a glance how many books are out, when each is due back, and who's borrowing the most.
Configurable loan periods and renewal limits, with fines calculated automatically the moment a book goes overdue.
Flag a copy as lost or damaged, bill a replacement fee, and block it from being checked out again until it's resolved.
No cloud dependency for daily use — your catalogue lives on your machine, with nothing to break if the internet does.
Your full catalogue and student data can be exported at any time. It's your data — never locked in.
Every catalogued book gets a printable accession barcode label, ready for the spine.
Scan a barcode, or snap a photo of a title page for books with no ISBN.
Details are fetched or OCR-extracted automatically — you just confirm them.
The book is saved with an accession number and a printable barcode label.
Check books in and out, renew, and let fines calculate themselves.
Pick any book below to see exactly what a librarian sees the moment they scan it. Limited to 10 scans — book a full demo to try it on your own collection.
Click a book below to simulate scanning its barcode.
You've catalogued 10 books. Want to see Library Assist run on your library's own collection, including circulation, fines and student ID cards?
Book a full demoAll plans include installation support and onboarding. Prices shown are indicative — contact us for your institution's exact quote.
Tell us roughly how many titles you're cataloguing and how many devices you'll need — we'll recommend a plan and price right away. Download it as a PDF, or email it straight to yourself.
This is an instant estimate, not a binding order — for multi-branch or unusual setups, use the contact form below instead.
Tell us a bit about your library — number of books, current system (if any), and what you'd like it to do — and we'll get back to you with a live demo and a quote.
Prefer email? Reach us directly at hello@libraryassist.org.
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