Transcript of CHAPTER 1: Problem and its Background
CHAPTER 1:
Problem and its Background
Background of the Study
Nowadays, in a highly technological society, human productivity is made more efficient through the development of electronic gadgets. Technologies are important and helpful in everyone's life. With when systematically arranged in a room of private home for such collection the advance of such modernization in education, one way to globalize the process of research is to realize that technology is advancing at an incredibly fast pace.
A library is a place in which literary and artistic material such as books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, prints, records, and tapes, are kept for reading, for reference, or for lending.
It is a collection of such materials, especially.
A library management system is made to have fast process transaction for searching book titles, borrowing books, returning books, computing penalties and generating an accurate report. Library is an important part of the academic sector as well as some professional sectors too like, the efficiency of a library lies on how the books are arranged and how easily one can get the books of their choice. Generally, what we see today is the manual library management system where process of operation is very much hectic. Library is a place in which we get information in any format and from many sources. This involves the utilization for processing, accessing and retrieving the information that can effectively support the process of student's learning, decision-making and scholastic approaches. Because of the organized approach and systematic management of the information, the accessibility and retrieval in the library can be easy.
In addition, schools like Murang'a is one of the schools that is using Library Management system for them to make their students reserve books in the library easier and faster.
In his modern world of technological advancement, from the traditional searching process for the books in the libraries, the interactive use of computers can be now addressed as part of the library system. Now, with the advent of such modernization in education, our way to globalize the process of research is to realize that technology is advancing at an incredibly fast pace. Technology has a systematic and organized way of keeping data records, computing numbers, accomplishing a lot of transactions and reports.
Muranga is one of the private schools here in Kenya located in Central Kenya Muranga'a town, with two branches in Town nd interiol, owned JKUAT. The department of the branch is pre-school which ranges from the certificate to degree. Students need a lot of books for their studies.
Students often find problems because books are limited and only few students can have the books. Students need to fall in line and then ask for the related title of the books. Through this, some students are not able to follow their lessons.
The answer for this problem is the enhancement of technology by developing the Library Management System. The efficiency of a library lies on how books are arranged and how easily one can get the books of their choice. They can easily control all the students borrowing and returning the books.
Objective of the study
The objective of Library Reservation system is to provide a medium for the public libraries to computerize their entire functioning and would contribute as a first step in digitalizing their libraries.
General Objectives
To develop a Library Management System for the conveniency of the librarians.
Specific Objectives
The specific objectives of this study are;
To design a functional and reliable program using PHP.
To create a program that will enhance the traditional searching process for the books in the library.
To help manage the effective delivery of library services.
To evaluate its performance and acceptability.
Significance of the Study
This study will be a significant endeavor in promoting good work environment in the school and staff. This study will also be beneficial to the students and the librarian. Library is no different from any firm and institution or even organization, if considering the use of computer to perform a given task is the topic on hand. The main purpose of a library is to provide conductive learning environment and a place for the students and clients to study.
Scope and Limitation
Library is an important part of the academic sector as well as some professional sectors too like, Advocacy etc. The efficiency of a library lies on how the books and other materials are arranged and how easily one can get the books of their choice. Generally, what we see nowadays is the manual library management system whose process of operation is very much hectic.
What we are doing is that we are proposing a computerized library management system, which provide better and efficient service to the library members. This software is meant to transform the hectic manual system to a more efficient computerize system. This application can be used efficiently in educational institute and certain professional sectors also. This application assumes that the user doesn't possess the right to modify information about books.
