LI

BRARYMANAGEMENTSYSTEM
Thepur poseofl i
br arymanagementsy stem i
s
tooper at ealibr
ar ywi t
hef fi
ciencyandata
reducedcost s.Thesy stem bei ngent i
rel
y
automat edstreaml inesal lthet asksinvolv
ed
i
noper ationsoft hel i
brary .Theact i
viti
esof
bookpur chasing, cataloging, i
ndexing,
cir
culationr ecordingandst ockchecki ngare
donebyt hesoftwar es.Suchsof t
wares
eli
minat est heneedofr epet i
tiv
emanual works
andmi nimizesthechancesofer ror
s.The
l
ibrarymanagementsy stem sof twarehelpsin
reducingoper at
ional cost s.

HOW DOYOUDESI
NGALIBRARY
MANAGEMENTSYSTEM?

Librarymanagementsy stemsar edesignedto

managet hemov ementofbooksandmai ntai
n
recordsoft hemember si nal i
brary.
1) Thesy stem shouldpr ovi
dedet ail
sont he
bookshel dbymember s.Thesy stem should
keepr ecordsofbookst hatar etakenand
generatef i
neswhenduef rom member s.
2) Managi ngbooksbyt heli
brarian,
searchingforbooksbyt hemember sand
notifi
cati
onssentbyt hesy st
em shoul dbe
detail
edinacasedi agram.
3) Thenameoft helibrary,thebookdet ail
s,
memberdet ai
ls,member shipcar ds,book
reservati
ons,booklending, cataloging,f
ines,
bookr acksandnot i
ficati
onsshoul dbe
consolidatedasacl assdi agram.
4) Ther eshouldbeanact ivi
tydiagram based
ont heprimaryactiv
iti
es-checki ngoutabook,
returni
ngabookandr enewi ngabook.
5) Codi ngforeachact ivityinthecase, class
andact iv
itydi
agram.

WHATSYSTEM DOESALI
BRARY
USE?
Thel i
brarymanagementsy stem soft
ware
shouldbeuserf r
iendlyandcosteffecti
ve.I
t
shouldbei ntunewi ththeestabl
ishement’s
needsandcompact ibl
ewiththeexisti
ng
technology.Alibraryshoul
duseasof t
war e
system thathelpsinef f
ecti
velymanagingthe
datainal i
brary.

HOW DOYOUMANAGEALI
BRARY?

Managingal i
braryr
equi
resknowledgeof
l
ibr
arymanagementandski ll
stoperformt he
act
ivi
ti
es.Thet aski
nvol
vesplanni
ng,decision
making,organi
sing,
coll
ect
inganddistur
bing
i
nformationandcontrol
i
ngandmoni tori
ngt he
v
ari
ousf
unct
ions.

THEMAINCLASSESOFLI
BRARY
MANAGEMENTSYSTEM
Thel i
br arymanagementsy stem sof twareis
basedont hedi f
f er
entsect ionsorcl asses
i
nv olvedi nt heoper ationofal ibr ary:-
1)LIBRARYMANAGEMENTSYSTEM CLASS:
Thiscl assmanagest heent i
rel i
br ar y
managementf unct i
onsandi st hef ocal point
onwhi cht hesof twar ei sdesigned.
2)LIBRARI ANCLASS: Thi sclassmanagesal l
theoper ati
onsoft hel ibrari
an.Thename, I
D
andr espect i
vepasswor dsf orthel ibrari
anare
verif
ied.
3)USERCLASS: Theoper ati
onsoft heuserar e
managedbyt hi sclass.NameandI Doft he
userisv eri
fied.
4)ACCOUNTCLASS: Account ingf unct ionsare
dealtwi tht hiscl ass.Thi sclasskeepst r
ackof
thebor rowedbooks, reser v
edbooks, retur
ned
books, l
ostormi ssingbooksandt hef i
ne
amount sdue.
5)LIBRARYDATABASECLASS: Thedat abase
ofthel ibraryiscont rol l
edbyt hiscl ass.
6)STUDENTCLASS: Theoper at i
onsoft he
student sar emanagedbyt hiscl ass.Books
pertainingt ot heageandgr adeoft he
student sar ecl assifiedandf r
equent l
yused
booksaresavedforlat
erreference.
7)STAFFCLASS: Theoper at
ionsofthestaff
aremonitor
edbythisclass.Departmentwise
funct
ionsaredet
ail
edandper i
odicchecksare
made.

ADVANTAGESOFLI
BRARY
MANAGEMENTSYSTEM

1)Userfri
endl ysyst
em
2)Si
mpl i
fi
cationoflibr
ari
andut
ies
3)I
ncreasedmemberengagement
4)Eff
ici
entdat amanagement
5)Ti
meandef f
ortsaver
6)Automat edreport
s
7)Costeffecti
ve