Lending

A simple lending module that allows for requests to borrow an item, and the ability for a librarian to check in and out the item. Items can be one or more node types. The target audience for this is a small club that has a member lending library of items.

Usage

There are two permissions in this module, users with the permissions can do the following:

Access Lending Library:

• May request an item. Requests are a queue.
• May have an item checked out to them by a Lending Admin.

Admin Lending Library:

• Set which drupal content types are lendable (through admin interface)
• Check out an item for a lendee
• Check in an item for a lendee
• Remove lending requests

The bulk of the interface is on the nodes themselves.

Views Support

There are some sample views included with the module. This will grow over time to make the admin functions easier. A design point for the module is that checkin / checkout can be done on a smart phone very quickly.

Related Modules

There are other modules which tackle similar problems, but do them in different ways with different features. You may want to check out these alternatives as well.

• MERCI - a much more rigid lending library. Includes advanced reservations, lending pricing, and late fees.