Equipment Database

Your Library catalog can be used to log and track equipment or materials other than bibliographic. Mandarin M5 includes an equipment manager that allows you to track devices such as Chromebooks, iPads, laptops, LCD projectors, etc. Below is a quick video on how you can access and use the equipment data.

It will work exactly the same as bibliographic records. You also have the option to import information. For this you can send us a spreadsheet for evaluation. Usually there is no charge for this import process, but we need to evaluate the file first.

Below are the most common fields (spreadsheet columns). Only the "Equipment name" and unique identifier (barcode - if necessary Mandarin can assign barcodes to your items sequentially) are the mandatory fields, the rest are optional.

*Equipment NAME - Manufacturer - model - Physical Description - additional description - general note - warranty - serial - location in building

*Unique identifier (barcode)