Use case: small private library, books exist to get loaned out. We have multiple copies of many of the books. If multiple copies of the same book get loaned out at the same time, and someone returns one of them by leaving it in the drop box, then we need to know which one was returned so the correct person gets taken off the loaned out list. For this purpose we can put individual barcode stickers on each book with unique IDs.
It would be useful to be able to
- loan a book by scanning it's inventory barcode or typing in the ID number
- return a book the same way
The barcodes would just be TEXT format.
Of course this needs a field on the book to store that ID number. Even just having the field and being able to search on it would be useful without the barcode stuff, but being able to scan it would be a bonus.
Use case: small private library, books exist to get loaned out. We have multiple copies of many of the books. If multiple copies of the same book get loaned out at the same time, and someone returns one of them by leaving it in the drop box, then we need to know which one was returned so the correct person gets taken off the loaned out list. For this purpose we can put individual barcode stickers on each book with unique IDs.
It would be useful to be able to
The barcodes would just be TEXT format.
Of course this needs a field on the book to store that ID number. Even just having the field and being able to search on it would be useful without the barcode stuff, but being able to scan it would be a bonus.