What it does
Keep your catalogue by shelf and category, issue and return books in seconds, and calculate late fines automatically.
- Copies and availability
- Due dates and fines
- Overdue list
How it works.
Three steps from setting it up to using it every day.
- 1
Catalogue your books
Titles, authors, copies and shelf locations, campus by campus.
- 2
Issue and return
Loans against the learner or staff record, with due dates.
- 3
Fines and reminders
Late returns calculate fines automatically and remind the borrower.
What changes.
The same work, done once, in one place.
Without InstLane
- Loans in a register
- No idea which books are out or lost
- Fines worked out by hand
With InstLane
- Every loan on the borrower’s profile
- Availability visible before anyone walks to the shelf
- Fines calculated and added to the account
For each person.
Everyone sees the part that matters to them, and nothing they should not.
Know what is on loan and what is overdue.
Issue and return at the desk quickly.
See your loans and return dates.
Pricing for Library
$6 a month as part of Library. Pilot institutions use every module free for one term.
Questions, answered.
Does InstLane work for both schools and universities?
Yes. The same system covers early years, primary and secondary (Matric, O and A Levels), intermediate colleges, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programmes, plus short courses. A network can run all of them in one workspace.
Which attendance devices can we connect?
ZKTeco terminals that support ADMS (push), Hikvision access controllers that send ISAPI events, and any RFID reader or middleware that can call a web address with a JSON message. We help pilot institutions connect their devices.
What happens if the internet goes down?
Attendance terminals keep punches in their own memory and send them when the connection returns. Teachers can also take the register in the browser as soon as they are back online.
Is our data kept separate from other institutions?
Yes. Every institution has its own database, and every request is checked against the institution it belongs to. You can export your data at any time.
Do parents need to install an app?
No. Parents and students sign in from any phone browser. There is nothing to install.
