Library & resources
Scan-to-checkout for your book collection, and bookings for the equipment and rooms everyone shares.
Any USB scanner works — it types like a keyboard. Holds and overdues track themselves.
In short
Pearspark runs a real lending library — ISBN auto-fill, printable barcodes, scan-to-checkout, holds, due dates, and overdue tracking — plus resource management for shared equipment and rooms with a booking calendar. Library activity shows on student records; assignments can link the books they use.
A library system small schools can actually run
Add a book by ISBN and the details fill themselves. Print barcode labels, scan to check out and in, take holds, and see overdues at a glance. Volunteers can run the checkout desk with one permission.
The stuff everyone shares, finally tracked
Microscopes, sports kits, the good projector, the multipurpose room: catalog them with barcodes, reserve them on a booking calendar, and stop double-booking the space two classes both planned around.
Connected to teaching
Assignments and lesson plans can link library books, and rooms tie into the class schedule — the library isn't a silo, it's part of the school's system of record.
What's included
- ISBN auto-fill cataloging
- Printable barcode labels; scan to check out / in
- Holds, due dates, overdue tracking
- Library activity on student records
- Equipment and room catalog with barcodes
- Resource booking calendar
- Books linkable from assignments and lesson plans
All of it is part of the flat price — $50/month including 20 students, then $2.50/student, stepping down with volume (see the bands). Nothing on this page is a paid add-on.
See it done in 60 seconds
All 28 videosReal screen recordings, one task per minute — no fluff.
Common questions
Do we need a barcode scanner?
Any cheap USB scanner works (they type like keyboards), and you can also search by title or type the code by hand. Barcode labels print from the app.
Can volunteers run the library?
Yes — give a volunteer or a custom role just the checkout permission and they can run the desk without seeing anything else.
Comparing this with what you use now
Library & resources is part of the argument in these comparisons. Each one is sourced, last reviewed July 2026, and says plainly where the other system is the better choice.
Try it in your own school
See library & resources working on video — one minute per task — then set it up yourself. Your first 30 days are free.