Self-service borrowing [premium pro]
Created 14 days ago
The self-service borrowing feature allows group members to borrow books by scanning them from their smartphone without needing staff intervention.
You can specify that books are available for self-service borrowing by going to the … menu from your group and choosing Add / remove your books. A window opens with the shelf names. Choose the shelf for which you want to enable self-service borrowing, then tap the gear icon to access Shelf options.
Start by activating the Books available on-site option to reveal the Location of books field and the Books available for self-service option. Use the location field to specify where the books are located. This information will be displayed on the books from this shelf in the group. Enable the self-service option and tap Save.
There are two ways to borrow books in self-service mode. Either directly from the group in the MyBlio app by choosing Borrow in the … menu of one of the available books or by scanning the QR code displayed near the physical books (probably a bookshelf). In both cases, the borrower must have access to the physical books in order to take the borrowed one. Only group members can perform self-service borrowing.
You can download a poster that includes a QR code by going to the … menu of the group, then Sharing options. A window opens, tap the Download poster button.
📝 Note: the borrower can report the return of the book directly from the MyBlio app.