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<!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE -- Chapter One 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Introduction Information Technology has revolutionized the life of human beings and has made life easier by the various kinds of applications. In the light of the rapid changes with the use of Information Technology, there are many tools, technologies and systems that have been produced and invented. [1] This project is concerned with developing a Library Management System which aims to make library functionality more efficient and easy to handle. The Library management system enables a fully automated library service. It has the ability to display the details of the books available in various departments, the transactions of books and about the book holders. Books and user maintenance modules are also included in this system which would keep track of the users using the library and also a detailed description about the books a library contains with this computerized system there will be no loss of book record or member record which generally happens when a non-computerized system is used. In addition, report module is also included in Library Management System. If user’s position is admin, the user is able to generate different kinds of reports like lists of Member registered, list of books, issue and return reports. All these modules are able to help librarian to manage the library with more convenience and in a more efficient way as compared to library systems which are not computerized. This system will be developed and designed to help librarian record every book transaction so as to reduce and eradicate problem of loss of books and files in the library. The manual approach followed initially is fine if the case is limited to few books and as the scope of library is improving these days, a perfect automated system is required in this context. There were many automated software’s developed in this context and most of them are successful in maintain the library information as per the required standards of schools and universities as well. The main scope of the library management system mainly depends on few aspects like the number of publications and books maintained and also the nature of the client like either it is targeted for universities, colleges or schools.

1.2 Description of Proposed system

The library management system is a desktop-based application system used by an administrator (Librarian) as an alternative means of record keeping of the books stored in the library. It has the following features.

•	The administrator registers the applicant with their name as the first and last name, matriculation number, department etc. •	The administrator goes into the report to view the details of a particular member.

In this project we would like to develop a web-based library management system that can suit for any sort of clients including universities, colleges and schools. I have reviewed different library management systems and am interested to develop one using PHP and MYSQL database and improve the scope of library management system to a generalized level.

1.2.1 problems of existing system:

The problems of the existing system can conclude the following points

•	Fast report generation is not possible •	Tracing a book is difficult •	Information about issue/return of the books is not properly maintained •	No central database can be created as information is not available in database •	Students cannot easily locate book titles and authors needed for reference. •	After tracking if a specific book is listed in the library, students cannot easily track if specific book needed is available for use. •	The librarian needs enough time to track down the full list of borrowed books.

1.3 Problem statement

libraries are operated manually by a group of people. These people keep records regarding the books & students (borrowers), check the books manually and keep records on issued books. All these things have to be carried out manually and if the library is very large, proper record keeping will become a major problem as manual record keeping has never been a reliable method because people tend to forget things.

1.4 Aims and objectives

The aim of this project is to develop a system that can handle and manage the activities involved in a library in an efficient and reliable way.

The main objectives can be concluded as follows:

•	Designing a computerized library management system which would help evacuate the problem faced in manual library. •	Implementing the system. •	Evaluating and testing the performance of the system.

1.4.1 General objectives To propose a Library Management System for the University of the Ilays National University in order to increase the efficiency and manageability of the processes in searching, borrowing, returning and managing of books and also to safeguard the number and inventory of books under the care of the University librarians

1.4.2 Specific objectives

The System must identify the processes involved in Library System specifically to:

•	Search specific book titles and authors. •	Search the availability of books students want to borrow. •	Real-time Inventory Count and Record Summary •	Track missing and unreturned books.

1.5 Purpose of the project

The main purpose of this project is to develop a computerized system that will manage the activities in the library there by providing easy access of library usage for librarian of the library, it will also help librarians keep track of library information etc. This system will also provide electronic means of storage and help librarians keep track of library information.

1.6 Scope of the project

project product to be produced is a Library Management System which will automate the major library operations. The first subsystem is the registration of the Member to the system to keep track of authorized member to the system. The second subsystem is the registration of new books into the library management system to know when new books are brought into the library. The third subsystem is a borrower and return of books which is the major area needed by the members. There are two end users for the Library Management System. The end users are the admin and members.

1.7 Research organization