SkieCan a library lend out tablets with Skie?
Yes. A library can lend managed tablets by assigning a device to a borrower, setting a short app list and web filter, then reassigning it on return. Location and lost mode help with overdue items. Reassigning clears student-linked data, so the next borrower starts from a clean slate. Skie does not read what a borrower does.
Lending a tablet is like lending a book with a screen. The library wants it back in working order, the borrower wants it to work, and nobody wants it to carry the last person's accounts.
In Skie, set up a lending group with a reading list of apps: an e-book reader, a library catalogue app, perhaps a learning app. Hide the Play Store, filter the web, and block account changes. Assign the tablet to a borrower. When it comes back, reassign it, and Skie clears student-linked data, so the next person starts clean. Lifecycle events record who held which device and when.
For overdue or lost items, location and lost mode help. Lost mode locks the tablet, shows a contact message and starts tracking, and you can mark it found afterwards. Location needs clear notice to the borrower, ideally in the lending form. The tablet carries a visible sign that it is managed, and there is no hidden mode.
Hardening stops the common tricks: factory reset from Settings is blocked, safe mode is blocked, and the Skie app cannot be uninstalled. If a borrower resets it from the recovery menu, Factory Reset Protection asks for the Skie organisation's Google sign-in, so the reset tablet is of no practical use.
A practical tip: use one seat per tablet and keep tablets on the same Android model where possible, so the one-time model review is done once.