For public libraries · 027.4
A catalogue people enjoy, events with registration and waitlists, rooms anyone can book, a member card in every pocket, and a desk that keeps working when the connection does not.
Sound familiar?
More than a book lender
Story hours, workshops and study rooms are half of what the library does, and rarely in the same system as the books.
Patchy connections
Circulation cannot stop because the network did. The desk needs to carry on and catch up.
Members who never come in
A catalogue that is a pleasure to search and an app that renews books bring people back.
Small teams, many hats
Volunteers, a guard, a clerk and a librarian each need exactly the access their role needs.
What you get
Events with waitlists
Publish events, take registrations and manage waitlists, visible in the public catalogue.
Learn moreRooms and equipment
Members book rooms and equipment with hours, capacity and no-show handling.
Learn moreA catalogue worth opening
Search, browse and book pages in English or Hindi, in light or dark.
Learn moreOffline when it counts
Circulation that queues and reconciles when the network returns.
Learn moreThe right access for each person
Eight roles from volunteer to library admin, plus granular permissions.
Learn moreGate check and kiosk
A guard screen at the door and a kiosk flow for self-service.
Learn moreIn India
- Fines in INR; collect by cash, UPI or card at the desk, or online with Razorpay
- Hindi and English across the staff, member and public interfaces
- Phone OTP sign-in for members who do not want another password
- Notices by SMS and WhatsApp as well as email
The real thing
The catalogue
The library's front door.
Events
What's on, and who is coming.
Room booking
Self-service rooms.
The member card
Barcode and QR, in the browser or the app.
Managing an event
Registrations and waitlists.
Questions
Does Lumina have a kiosk for self-checkout?
There is a kiosk flow in the web app. Third-party self-checkout machines that need SIP2, and RFID, are planned and not available today.
Next step
See your library in Lumina.
Thirty minutes, your questions, and a walk through the desk, the catalogue and the Koha import. No slides.