Online Library Management System

Abstract

The objective is to develop a web-based library management system based on HTML and PHP, MySQL in order to reduce the cost of management and make it convenient for the user. The web-based library management system includes the most popular components a common library management system has, administration, book seeker, leasing and e-mail. Besides, it has more humanistic functions such as library dues tracking. The website will be tested on some of the most popular browsers. The basic functions of Internet Information Services 7.5 and detail features of HTML and PHP were selected for the purpose of this project. The system and development tools are chosen based on their specific features that benefit the system. The first result of this study is an understanding of the advantages of HTML and PHP benefited a large project. The second result was building practical HTML and PHP projects based on a web server. The understanding of the development tools directly affected the quality of the website. The website of this project offered a high performance, secure, stable and an easy-to-maintain environment. In addition, the website will provide smooth link for attendance enquiry for the students on any kind of operating system. This website will mainly provide the overview of Central Library, library dues information, availability of books, list of books issued.