Designing Web-based Library Management System

Abstract

—This research paper's main target is to develop a computerized system that can accomplish the activities in the Asmara Community College of Education (ACCE) by providing easy access to library usage for librarians and users of the library. Although this system provides electronic documents like books, magazines, newspapers, and other useful files that can give access for the users without any restrictions and help librarians keep track of library information. Designing a computerized library management system (LMS) that would support to evacuate the problem encountered in the manual library. The physical library has many limitations to satisfy user’s needs, and most hard copy documents are damaged after a limited time of usage. To eliminate the paperwork in the library, to reduce the high demand for the cost of books, and to avoid problems for missing files, we introduce a web-based LMS in ACCE. This will provide services for the entire citizens of the country in a different format without limitation of the period. The objectives of this research are to develop a system that can handle and manage the actions involved in the ACCE library efficiently and reliably which can be a benefit for the entire users to get access at their convenient time. To overcome the above-mentioned limitations of the physical library, we are implementing this new technology to promote digital reading habits for users and to advance the knowledge of the users in every aspect of the technology. The users of ACCE Library have diverse age groups and professions. They