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These are now two separate Enterprise modules: Canteen & Stores and Library.
A school that wants a collection no longer has to subscribe to a point of sale. See
Subscription and pricing.
Canteen & Stores
Pupil wallet
Every pupil has an internal wallet. A parent (or the school) tops it up with a given amount; that balance is then used to pay for canteen meals or purchases at the stores, without the pupil handling cash day to day. The top-up is recorded by authorised staff (canteen, library/stores, or cashier) and credits the balance immediately.Over-the-counter sales
A sale (a meal, a supply) debits the wallet at the moment of sale and updates the stock of the item concerned.If the balance is insufficient, the sale is refused - there is no negative balance.
Stock and suppliers
Inventory movements in, out and adjustments are tracked per item. If the Stock / inventory module is enabled on the accounting side, movements are also valued in the accounts; otherwise tracking stays purely operational.Library and teaching resources
The library is not limited to a physical shelf. It brings three sources together in a single catalogue, with the same search and the same access rules.The school's collection
The works the school owns: records, copies, loans and reservations.
Ardoise open library
Public domain works, shared between all schools.
Partner libraries
The catalogue of a publisher or partner library, when the school has access to it.
The catalogue
A record describes a work (title, authors, language, level, subject area). It can have:- physical copies, each with its condition and availability;
- digital resources, each being one way of reaching the work.
Loans and reservations
A copy is lent to a pupil or a member of staff, with a return date and a possible renewal. When every copy is out, a reader can reserve: the queue is kept in order, and the first in the queue is notified as soon as a copy comes back. A copy held for one reader cannot be lent to somebody else.Rights and licences
Every record carries its licence and its provenance, visible to the reader. That is what determines what Ardoise is allowed to do:Reaching a resource
When several paths exist, they are offered from best to worst:1
The copy hosted by Ardoise
It opens directly and stays readable even if the external source is unavailable.
2
The exact link at the source
It opens the work itself at the provider, not its catalogue.
3
The provider's catalogue
Only when the provider does not allow the resource to be opened directly - and in that case
it says so before you click, marked Search required.
A record with no access available says so clearly rather than implying a digital resource that does
not exist.
Partner libraries
A school can have access to the catalogue of a publisher or a partner library. Those records appear in the same search, marked by their origin, and the partner stays in control of its resource: it decides on availability and lending, and Ardoise keeps no copy. If the partner is temporarily unreachable, Ardoise says so instead of guessing on its behalf.Who sees what
Exam papers published as revision resources join the catalogue after the exam, and
never before - see Academic.