Books & Catalog

Add a single book

Manual entry with every metadata field explained.

Bulk import books by ISBN

Paste-1000-at-once flow, Google Books vs Open Library fallback, troubleshooting.

Upload or change a book cover

Image requirements, the book-covers storage bucket, troubleshooting failed uploads.

Add copies of a book

Barcodes, conditions, and shelf locations.

Genres, sub-genres, and topics

Three taxonomies and when to use each.

Tags vs topics vs genres

Which one to use for what.

Doctrinal and content notes

When and how to use them, where they appear to patrons.

Item Types (formats)

Books, audiobooks, DVDs, periodicals — how the homepage Item Types tiles work.

Authors

When new authors are auto-created, how to merge or rename.

Archive or hide a book

Hiding vs deleting, what happens to existing loans.

Lost or damaged copies

Marking, what changes in availability, when to delete vs keep for history.

Series and "more in this series"

How series get linked, surfacing related books.

Print barcodes

Layout, paper types, what to do when a barcode label peels off.

Print spine labels

Layout, font, sizing.