Many schools throughout New Zealand already use and pay for Accessit Library in their library. So, if you’ve got it, let’s look at how you can get more out of what you’re already paying for while also protecting what you have.

Just when you thought your school library couldn’t get any better, Accessit Library has got the zingers that will save your school budget, your audit, your IT team time, and you from headaches.

Don’t be phased by the ‘Library’ in Accessit Library. While we are passionate readers and lovers of books, like any good librarians, we also love to manage resources. We know teachers need learning and resource kits in classrooms, we know the Chromebooks are not really being loaned out just for the day, and we also know that the sports uniforms will be kept and worn over the holidays if we don’t know who has them.

We can help manage this and save any audit dramas, while also helping you be more strategic with budgets.

So, let’s keep it simple – how can we help you get more out of your library software investment?

1. Help Staff Manage Their Departmental Resources

How many devices, uniforms, and instruments do you lose each year? Let’s get you setup to help staff manage their own department resources in Accessit, by issuing and returning resources with their mobile phone or tablet. It won’t interfere with the library, but you’ll thank your librarian for having Accessit. In short using the Accessit mobile app:

• Can allow staff to manage their own department resources anywhere around school
• Keep track of more resources and decreases lost or written off assets
• Links with automatic notification to students and/or parents of upcoming returns or overdues thanks to our Student Management System automated syncing of data.

2. Save Money By Tracking Assets Better

Don’t pay for an asset management platform if you don’t need it, but you also need to move beyond excel spreadsheets. If your school has Accessit you can use it to track more than library assets. Even if you’re not doing point #1 above, you can use Accessit to:

• Catalogue your assets
• Run depreciation reports
• Have a securely backed up record of your paid and replacement costs (if cloud-hosted)

3. Protect Data While Saving Money on IT Infrastructure

Maybe you have an IT savant running your IT department with the most up-to-date servers and protections in place if the worst were to happen, AND you automatically download and install the latest updates. But just in case you don’t, Accessit’s cloud-based hosting means server upgrades are no longer a cost. It also means you’re also always running the latest and most secure version of Accessit.

• Your Accessit software is always updated automatically
• Reduced maintenance and no replacement costs
• Your data is backed up offsite on New Zealand servers
• A secure record of assets and their replacement value no matter what happens

You are already spending money, let’s look at how you could manage that better. Talk to Accessit Library about getting more out of your investment or how to switch to Accessit and take your library and assets management to the next level.

By the Accessit Library Team.

INTERFACE November 2025