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SmartSuite Library is a school library management system developed by FSI, purpose-built for K–12 schools in Australia and New Zealand. It is the only library management system that automatically maps your collection to the Australian Curriculum - ACARA-Sync.
Used by teacher-librarians, library technicians, and school administrators across Australia and New Zealand - in primary schools, secondary schools, government schools, and independent schools. Particularly well-suited to lone librarians, with workflows that reduce manual effort wherever possible.
Get your week back.
SmartSuite Library does the work so your library team can be a library team. Here is a taste of where your 8 hours a week come from.
Students and Teachers self-issue from their phone or tablet. No app. No hardware scanner. Library staff handle only the exceptions.
Set once. Automatic email to each homeroom teacher every morning. No printing. No walking.
Walk the shelves with any mobile device. Multiple staff can work in parallel. Library stays open. Done in hours.
Homepages that are automatically built and maintained.
No more curating lists and homepages each term.
SmartSuite Library automatically creates a fresh, engaging discovery experience almost every day. Attractive tiles, scrolling carousels, pre-defined search buttons and more — built and refreshed without you doing a thing.
Leaning on global borrowing data, partner insights, educational trends, social and political happenings, your homepage stays engaging, current, and in the know.
You do not have to search for a template, build it, or accept it. SmartSuite takes care of it all for you.
Every book. Every ACARA code. Mapped automatically.
SmartSuite Library is the only school library system in Australia that automatically tags your entire collection to the Australian Curriculum v9. No manual entry. No template. No extra cost.
Learning area, strand, and year level — applied to every resource in your catalogue the moment it lands, and kept current as the curriculum evolves.
Type a curriculum code or outcome, see every resource the library holds. Teachers get answers in seconds — not after a conversation with the librarian.
Reports show which curriculum areas the collection supports — and which have gaps. Turn library impact into a conversation about investment, not guesswork.
One system. Every tool your library needs.
Built for school libraries — not adapted from something else.
Circulation
App-free self-checkout — students borrow using their phone camera, no scanner required.
Reservations
Students and staff reserve books online. Know exactly when a copy will be available.
Cataloguing
Scan an ISBN and the record builds itself — cover art, SCIS subjects, curriculum tags, done.
Stocktake
Full stocktake with any mobile device — no dedicated scanner, no closed library.
Asset Management
Track everything your school owns — devices, equipment, resources — not just books.
Discovery
Netflix-style browsable library — curated lists, cover-first browsing, reading recommendations.
Student Portal
Your library's online home — curated content, resources, and links students actually visit.
Student Engagement
Badges, achievements, and reading milestones that make the library a place students return to.
SmartSearch
Federated search across books, databases, and videos — all in one place, instantly.
Learning Pathways
Guided reading journeys with comprehension quizzes and badges students want to earn.
ACARA Sync
The only system that automatically maps your whole collection to the Australian Curriculum.
TV4Education
180,000+ curriculum-aligned videos connected directly to your catalogue and searchable alongside books.
Reports
100+ built-in reports. Prove your library's impact to your principal in seconds.
IT & Security
Zero footprint, full SSO support, ANZ-hosted data. IT teams love it — easy in, easy out.
Print Studio
Professionally designed posters, signs, and labels for your library — ready to print in seconds.
Hand us your data.
Export from Oliver, Accessit, Destiny, Bookmark, or any other system. Send it across. Our migration team handles every format.
We do everything else.
Your data is cleaned, mapped and imported - we check every record. Your full library will be waiting for you, ready to go.
Learn your way. All free.
There's no one-size-fits-all. Pick the training style that works for you and your school - or mix and match.
Every switch includes, at no extra cost
Your complete catalogue, borrower records, and loan history - migrated from any system.
One-on-one sessions, webinars, and ongoing training. No time limit, no per-session fee.
Locally hosted, compliant with the Australian Privacy Act and NZ Privacy Act 2020.
Real library experts based in Australia and New Zealand. No offshore call centres.
Zero footprint. Full confidence.
SmartSuite Library is built entirely for the browser. No apps to install, no devices to configure, no MDM policies to update - ever.
Runs entirely in the browser. No apps, plugins, or desktop clients - nothing to deploy or manage across your fleet.
Plug into Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, or any SAML/OpenID provider. One login for everything your school already uses.
All student data hosted in AU and NZ. Compliant with the Australian Privacy Act and NZ Privacy Act 2020.
Chromebooks, iPads, Windows, Mac - if it has a modern browser, it runs SmartSuite Library. Nothing to image or manage per device.
Two-way sync with all major student management systems. Accounts stay current without manual imports or IT involvement.
Manage multiple libraries under one system. Our Patron API is freely available - build any custom integration your team needs.
How SmartSuite Library Compares
The difference is clear.
Two complete platforms. Unlimited support. From A$850/year.
And unlike everyone else - we publish the price.
Frequently Asked Questions
More than just software.
When you join FSI, you join a community of librarians across Australia and beyond.
FSI Marketplace
Exclusive discounts from premier Australian library and education suppliers - just for FSI members.
FSI Community
Connect, collaborate, and share ideas with thousands of school librarians across Australia and New Zealand.
FSI Connect Events
Regular PD sessions, webinars, and regional meetups. Every completed session includes a PD certificate.
FSI Scholarships
We reinvest in the industry with scholarships supporting the next generation of library professionals.
What Schools Say
Don't take our word for it.
"The ability to edit clips, add in book references and other media directly within the library platform is something we've never had before. It's been a game changer for how our teachers prepare and deliver lessons."
Rachel Thornton
Teacher Librarian
"Having individual logins for every teacher means we know exactly who's catalogued what. The accountability and visibility across the whole library system is something we never had with our previous platform."
Mark Hesseltine
ICT Manager
"What sold us was the federated search. Students and staff can search across the entire curriculum from one place - no more jumping between systems. It just works."
Sandra Kowalski
Head of Curriculum
"We're a small school with limited resources, so finding a system that connects us to the wider world of teaching materials - while still keeping everything secure - was exactly what we needed."
David Parrish
Deputy Principal
"The fact that lesson plans are linked to the Australian Curriculum and shareable across schools is incredible. Our teachers are now drawing on what other schools are doing and bringing those ideas into our classrooms."
Joanne Bellerive
Learning Technologies Coordinator
"I've been using this platform for nine years and the improvements in the latest version are honestly incredible. The streamlining, the widgets, the customisation - everything is in one place now."
Peter Gallagher
Teacher Librarian
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Book a free demo and we'll show you the whole system live - circulation, catalogue, discovery, reports, and everything in between. No slides. No sales pitch. Just the product.