Plate Reader Booking System (Shared Lab)
Book and schedule a shared plate reader — user, date, start/end and project — with live utilisation hours, for a shared departmental lab. Offline, no sign-up.
A clash-aware booking log for a shared plate reader. Each booking records the user, date, start and end time and a project code; the summary totals booked hours and counts distinct users so a shared departmental lab can see utilisation and support fair access between groups. Bookings live in your browser and export to CSV.
Enter start and end times to get booked hours automatically. Before adding, scan existing rows for the same date to avoid double-booking. Export to CSV for billing, utilisation reports or a printed sign-up sheet.
Indicative planning tool for research operations. Figures are estimates — verify lot data, expiry, calibration and budgets against the original certificates, vendor documentation and your institution's policies.
Free plate reader booking and scheduling system for a shared departmental lab: log slots, total utilisation hours, export to CSV — offline.
About Plate Reader Booking System (Shared Lab)
A free, offline booking system for a shared plate reader, built for assay and screening users in a shared departmental lab. A clash-aware booking log for a shared plate reader. Each booking records the user, date, start and end time and a project code; the summary totals booked hours and counts distinct users so a shared departmental lab can see utilisation and support fair access between groups. Bookings live in your browser and export to CSV.
How to use Plate Reader Booking System (Shared Lab)
- 1Add a booking with the user/group, the date, and the start and end time.
- 2Add a project or grant code, then save — the summary updates booked hours instantly.
- 3Before booking, glance at existing rows for the same date to avoid clashes; export to CSV for utilisation or billing reports.
Why use Plate Reader Booking System (Shared Lab)?
- ✓Stops double-booking of the plate reader: every slot is one row with a user, date and time, so the next person can see what's taken.
- ✓Automatically totals booked hours and distinct users — the utilisation numbers a shared departmental lab reports on.
- ✓No SaaS, no logins, no monthly fee. Bookings stay in the browser and export to CSV for billing, reporting or a printed schedule.
Frequently asked questions
How does this plate reader booking system calculate utilisation?+
For each booking you enter a start and end time; the tool computes the duration and sums it across all bookings to give total booked hours. It also counts distinct users. These are the core utilisation metrics core facilities report to funders.
Does it prevent double-booking automatically?+
It shows every existing booking sorted by date so clashes are easy to spot before you add a new slot. It is a lightweight log rather than a locking calendar, which keeps it fast and fully offline — ideal for a shared instrument where the team self-coordinates.
Can I use this for charge-back billing?+
This shared-lab variant focuses on fair access rather than billing, but you can still add a project code and export hours to CSV if you later need to allocate costs.
Where are the bookings stored?+
Entirely in your browser via localStorage — no account and no server. That means the schedule loads instantly, works offline at the instrument, and keeps project codes and user names private. Export to CSV to share or archive the schedule.
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