PustakBase
Library software for offices & PSUs

Your office library, catalogued properly.

आपके कार्यालय का पुस्तकालय, सुव्यवस्थित।

Physical books, e-books, newspapers and official documents in one secure portal — fully bilingual in Hindi and English, from the catalogue to the printed receipt.

हिंदी + English · on screen and on paper

891.433 PREPB-P-000417

गोदान

Godaan

Premchand · प्रेमचंद

Category
Hindi Literature
Cabinet
C-04 · Shelf 2
Status
Issued
Fine
Calculated daily
What's inside

One portal, three kinds of user, in Hindi and English.

Members read and borrow. Librarians run the desk. Administrators set the office up. Each sees only what their role needs.

Members & general users

Find it, borrow it, read it.

सदस्यों एवं सामान्य उपयोगकर्ताओं के लिए

Notifications tell members when a requested book is ready for pickup. A Support button reaches the library if something is wrong, a profile page shows their own record, and visitors without an account can preview a curated set of e-books for 30 minutes.

डैशबोर्डDashboard

Pick up reading where you left off, see notices from the library and any overdue alert.

भौतिक पुस्तकालयPhysical Library

Search the shelf catalogue, see where a book is kept and request it.

डिजिटल पुस्तकालयDigital E-Library

Read EPUB and PDF e-books in the browser. Your place is remembered, and EPUB passages can be highlighted.

दस्तावेज़Documents

Circulars, reports and policy documents, filed by category and found by the same search.

वाचनालयReading Room

See which of the office's newspapers and magazines have arrived.

मेरा पठनMy Reading

Books in progress and finished, plus your physical loans, requests and return history.

Librarian workspace

The whole desk, on one screen.

पुस्तकालयाध्यक्ष कार्यक्षेत्र

Also here: pending book requests, newspaper and magazine subscriptions with a one-click "arrived", a broadcast message to every reader's dashboard, and a way to raise a support request with the administrator.

डैशबोर्डDashboard

Today's issues, returns and overdue books at a glance, each linked to the records behind it.

इनबॉक्सInbox

New requests, NOCs issued, announcements from the administrator, and members' support messages.

परिसंचरण डेस्कCirculation Desk

Issue and return books at the counter, with a printable receipt for each transaction.

लेन-देन लेजरTransaction Ledger

Every issue and return, filterable by status and date, with receipts that can be reprinted.

अनापत्ति प्रमाणपत्रNOC

Check that a member has nothing outstanding, then issue a printable No-Objection Certificate.

सदस्य प्रबंधनMember Management

Add or correct members, import a whole list, resend activation emails and print member cards.

कैटलॉग प्रबंधनManage Catalogue

Add and edit physical books, e-books and documents with cover images, singly or by bulk import.

पुस्तक श्रेणियांBook Categories

Organise books and documents into categories that members can browse.

कैबिनेटCabinets

Define your cabinets and what belongs in each, so every book has a shelf location.

परिसंचरण सेटिंग्सCirculation Settings

Set the loan period, daily fine, guest-preview limit and NOC wording without waiting for an administrator.

रिपोर्टReports

Most-borrowed books, overdue list, usage by department, most-read e-books and reading completion.

Administrator

Set the office up once, properly.

प्रशासक के लिए

Administrator screens are deliberately kept apart from the librarian's daily workspace, so setup and oversight stay in a few careful hands.

Library SetupWhere every new installation starts
  • Identity & branding — organisation and library names in Hindi and English, city, tagline, footer line and logo. This is what appears on the login screen, footer, receipts and certificates.
  • Numbering format — your own accession-number prefix and digit count, locked once migration is confirmed so issued numbers never change
  • Circulation defaults — fine per day, loan period, guest-preview limit and NOC wording
  • Pre-launch data tools — clear test data before going live
  • Confirm migration complete — the moment your old records are in and numbering becomes protected
Admin ConsoleOversight

Post announcements to librarians, answer their support requests, and see recent activity and accounts by role.

System SettingsHealth check

One status page for email, HTTPS, backups, firewall, caching and guest access, each linking to where it is managed.

Accounts & rolesLibrarians & admins

Create librarian and administrator accounts. Members are added by librarians, singly or from a spreadsheet, and activate themselves by email.

Cards, receipts & labels

Print what the shelf and the desk need.

Member cards carry a photo and a barcode. Every issue and return prints a receipt. Books get barcode spine labels, printed singly, by accession range, or straight after a bulk import.

Hindi & English

Built for the language your office actually works in.

Bilingual from the menu to the printout. Hindi and English are built into the portal, not added as a translation afterwards — on the screen your staff use and on the paper your office files.

On screen स्क्रीन पर

  • Every menu, heading and button on member and librarian screens shows Hindi and English side by side
  • Hindi (Devanagari) works throughout — book titles, authors and member records can all be entered in Hindi
  • Member names, designations and departments are stored in both languages, so every printout can show both

On paper कागज़ पर

  • Circulation receipts and No-Objection Certificates print in both languages
  • Member cards carry the organisation and library names in Hindi and English
  • Barcode book labels print bilingual by default, with a switch for English only
पुस्तक जारी करेंIssue a book
वापसीReturn
सदस्य कार्डMember card
अनापत्ति प्रमाणपत्रNo-Objection Certificate
Ways to run it

On your server, or on ours.

The software is the same either way. The difference is who looks after the machine.

Your own server

Self-hosted

Licensed software installed on infrastructure your office controls. Member records and books stay inside your own network and policies.

  • Installed and configured for you, or by your IT team
  • Your identity — names, logo, numbering — from day one
yourname.pustakbase.com

Hosted by us optional

Prefer not to run a server? Your library gets its own private installation on a PustakBase address, kept separate from every other office's.

  • Its own database and its own admins — never shared
  • Sign-in and email notifications set up under your own library name
Getting started

From an empty shelf list to a working library.

  1. Set up your identity

    Organisation and library names in both languages, your logo and your accession-number format.

  2. Import your members

    Upload a spreadsheet of employees. Each one receives an email to activate their own account.

  3. Catalogue your books

    Add titles one by one or in bulk, and assign them to cabinets.

  4. Open the doors

    Members search, request and read; the librarian runs the desk.

Request a demo

See it with your own library's name on it.

अपने पुस्तकालय के नाम के साथ देखें।

Tell us about your office and how many members and books you have. We'll set up a walkthrough.

Email us

hello@pustakbase.com