CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
A library can be defined as a
room or building where books are kept and referenced. It is an area of
multifarious activity on book management. A library as a repository of knowledge,
houses collections of books, both reference and general, technical reports,
periodicals, journals, conference proceedings and the likes. Consequently,
truth and knowledge can be found and acquired from the library through the
aforementioned sources. The information contents of any of the collections can
be recorded on microfilms, audiotapes, microchips and other materials
traditionally kept in the library, which is charged with the responsibility of
acquiring, organizing, maintaining, and judicial circulation of the books and
other library materials through the various sections of the library, for
efficient use of the library by the users.
The acquisition, cataloguing,
bindery and circulation sections of the library undertake the acquiring,
organizing, maintaining and circulation of the books/library materials
respectively. When the library through the acquisition section of the library
acquires a book, its record is taken and accession number is given to the book
after which the book will be sent to cataloguing section of the library. Under
this section, the book will be carefully studied and given catalogue number
before it will be sent to circulation section of the library as the case may
be. The circulation section is responsible for circulation or distribution of
books.
This section also arranges the
consulted books in the shelves. There are other sections like reference
section, which provides reference questions and bibliographic service, and
serial section where periodical, journals and related materials are kept. The
library also houses special collections and also operates circulationcontrol in
which books are lent to users. In fact it is indeed a place of multifarious
activities on book management.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
In human endeavors, there are a
lot of developments, researches, and discoveries, which result in multifarious
production of publications and library materials. These have brought increase
in complexity of library management system and its operations.
Based on these, a number of
problems are facing the library management systems, which include:
(i) Unnecessary delay in
library processes.
(ii) High cost of staff
recruitment and maintenance.
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