browse & borrow
New for 2026–27

The most flexible, modern school library system in the world

For the kid hunting for a good book, the teacher with a shelf by the window, and the librarian who keeps it all running.

See how it works

15 days free. No card. For US schools.

Works with your barcode scanner, or any phone.

Made for the three people who use it most

A student looking up at tall shelves, wondering what to read, beside a window seat with cushions

For the student

Find the next great read

Real covers. See what’s in. Borrow it yourself.

A teacher and a student at a laptop, with a low bookshelf under the classroom window behind them

For the teacher

Know where every book went

Check out from your phone. Or let the kids do it.

A librarian’s desk with a staff picks board and a laptop, with tall bookshelves on either side

For the librarian

Beat the lunch rush

Scan, pick, next. Waiting lists run themselves.

The library, every classroom shelf, or both. $3,500 per year for a whole school.

Watch a school day with Browse and Borrow

Picking a book should feel like picking a show

  • Staff picks
  • On the shelf now
  • Adventure
  • Animals
Staff pick! Start with The Jungle Book.Sample shelf-talker
The student browse screen: a search bar and filters above a grid of book covers, each showing how many copies are available
Sample school

PRIVACY

What kids read
Private by default
Ads
None
Your data
Isolated and protected
Built for
FERPA, NY, CA, TX
If you leave
Deleted within 60 days
$3,500

per year for a whole school

  • Library and every classroom shelf
  • Textbooks included
  • Every student, every teacher
  • Price locked for 3 years

Nothing else to pay for: no servers, no updates to install, and librarians add students themselves.

what does yours really cost?
Talk to us

Pay by card or purchase order.

Hours a year spent keeping it running

Your system
Browse and Borrow

IT plus librarian hours, based on industry estimates.

Questions

We don’t have a librarian. Will this work for us?

Yes. Each teacher can look after their own shelf, or one person can look after the whole building. Pick whichever fits your school.

We already use another library system. Do we start over?

No. Bring your catalog with you (OPALS and other MARC exports work), and your student list from a spreadsheet or OneRoster.

How do students and teachers sign in?

With the school account they already have, Google or Microsoft. No new passwords to remember.

How do schools usually pay?

By card, or by purchase order. For a purchase order, get a quote and pay within 30 days.

What happens to what the kids read?

It stays private. We don’t keep what a child has read unless your school chooses to.

Children reading. The goal isn’t more technology. It’s more reading.See the full storyboard

Ready to open the library?

Start with your school’s Google account.