Texas International College

Tribhuvan University

Faculty of Humanities and Social Science

LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted to
Department of Computer Application

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Computer Application

Submitted By

Rojal Luitel(6-2-926-21-2020),

Rajak Putuwar(6-2-926-17-2020)

BCA 6 , 2077 Batch

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1. Introduction
A library management system is a web-based application designed to maintain, organize,
and handle countless books systematically. It can track the numbers of books in the
library, issued books, and returned books. If the due date is past, it has the function of
charging the fine. The users can find the books in an instant and even reserve them
through this system. This will help eliminate repetitive manual work and minimize the
chance of errors and the immense use of paperwork. Earlier, the librarian used to manage
the whole work in manual mode in the form of files and record books. Also, the process
of adding new books, new users, issuing, and returning books had to be managed in a
manual manner, which is very slow and inefficient. This application resolves this problem
and provides a better solution. Users can access the system from any location with an
internet connection to search for the required books. This web application can track the
books taken by the user and their due date for return. And the users will also get
notifications about the new arrival of books and about returning books.

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2. Problem Statement
In case of manual search of books, it experiences high cost of time loss for both librarian
and user. Keeping of manual record may cause loss of record in case of any physical or
natural harm. Managing records of incoming and outgoing of books manually is very
tedious. Users get bad experience visiting library in search of same book repeatedly.
Users have to loss their precious time just to know that the library doesn’t have a book
that the user is seeking for.

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 3. Objectives
Due to the problem in the manual library management, we propose this system with the
following objectives:

 To reduce the time required to maintain library functions manually by making

it computerized.
 To search the books easily with easy update and adding in database.
 To save the user data so that they do not have to verify each time to access
library.
 To recommend the users about the books available in the library.
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4. Methodology
4.1. Requirement Identification:

Before we build our project, we first analyze other existing systems.

4.1.1. Study of Existing System

I. Destiny Library Manager

Library management system that you can access 24*7 from anywhere anytime. It can also
build a various print and digital resources by keeping in mind every kind of students. not
only for students the destiny library system also provides customizable tools, extensive
collection of books for teachers also. It can be locally installed as well as Follet-hosted.

II. Blackboard Library Management:

It is one of the library management used in Nepal. It has the most of the exiting features.
dashboard that displays a wide range of information about the operations of the school
library. The system organizes books by the level of reading, determines the reading level
of each book, determines the genre for each book. The library management system allows
students to borrow books from the library when they need them. System has a history
with books in the library starting with writing development and other inventions like
paper and book printing.

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4.1.2 Requirement Analysis:
I. Functional Requirements

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List of functional Requirement

Requirement Id Functional Requirement Description

FR1 Add Book Allow admin to add books,

FR2 Book Search Allow admin as well as user to search book,

FR3 Book Booking Allow user to book books,

FR4 Book Category Allow admin to add category of books,

FR5 Book Issue Allow admin to issue book to users,

FR6 Login Allow users as well as admin to enter into

system,

FR7 Sign Up Allow user to register into system

FR8 Book List Allow admin and users to view all the books in
library.

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II. Non-Functional Requirement

Following are the non-functional requirement of library management system:

 Performance: This project is for the specific college or school which does not
contain large amount of data. So, our system is fast.
 Security: In order to get access into the system, Users should first login and then
only they are allowed to operate.
 User-friendly: Our design is optimal and optimized so, end user can easily
understand and use the interface.
 Scalability: We can later on expand the project and make it online. We use
Laravel framework so that we can add module and expand further.

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4.2. Feasibility Study
i. Technical Feasibility:

HTML/CSS is used for frontend and Laravel is user for backend, MySQL for database.

Hardware to operate like laptop and mobile with web browser installed.

ii. Operational Feasibility:

Scalability: we can later on expand the project we can make it online.

Portability: we can run on any eligible device and mobile app too.

User-friendly: Our design is optimal and optimized so, end user can easily understand
and use the interface.

iii. Economic Feasibility:

We use our own resources like (net and laptop) to propose the project. So, it is
economically feasible.

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4.3. High Level Design

Fig.: Context Level Diagram of Library Management System

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Fig : ER diagram of Library Management System

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Fig: 0 level DFD for LMS

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4.3.4. Description of algorithm

I. Recommendation system

1. Data Collection

 User Data: Collect information about users, such as their reading

history, preferences, ratings, and demographics.
 Book Data: Gather details about books, including genres, authors,
publication dates, and user ratings.

2. Techniques for Recommendations

Collaborative Filtering:

 User-based: Recommend books based on similarities between users.

For example, if User A and User B have similar reading habits, books
liked by User B might be recommended to User A.
 Item-based: Recommend books based on similarities between books.
For instance, if a user liked Book X, they might be recommended
Book Y if many users who liked Book X also liked Book Y.
 Content-based Filtering: Recommend books based on the attributes
of the books themselves. For instance, if a user likes mystery novels,
the system recommends other mystery novels.
 Hybrid Methods: Combine collaborative and content-based filtering
to leverage the strengths of both approaches.

Algorithm steps

1. User Profiling: Create a profile for each user based on their reading history,
preferences, and ratings.
2. Book Similarity Calculation: Determine the similarity between books using
techniques like cosine similarity, Jaccard similarity, or other distance metrics.
3. User Similarity Calculation: Calculate similarity between users based on their
profiles and reading habits.

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4. Generating Recommendations:
 For user-based collaborative filtering, identify similar users and
recommend books they have rated highly.
 For item-based collaborative filtering, find books similar to those the user
has rated highly and recommend them.
 For content-based filtering, recommend books that match the user’s profile
in terms of preferred genres, authors, etc.
 For hybrid methods, combine recommendations from collaborative and
content-based filtering.

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II. Sorting algorithm

Insertion Sort works by dividing the list into a sorted and an unsorted part. It
iteratively takes the first unsorted element, finds its appropriate position in the
sorted part, and inserts it there. This process continues until all elements are
sorted.

Steps to Implement Insertion Sort

1. Start from the second element (the first element is considered sorted).
2. Compare the current element with the sorted part.
3. Shift elements in the sorted part to the right to create space.
4. Insert the current element at the correct position.
5. Repeat until all elements are sorted.

[Link] algorithm
Linear Search works by sequentially checking each element in the list until the target
element is found or the list ends.

Steps to Implement Linear Search

1. Start from the first element of the list.

2. Compare each element with the target value.
3. If a match is found, return the index of the element.
4. If no match is found, return a message indicating the target is not in the list.

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5. Gantt Chart

Fig 5.1: Gantt Chart

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6. Expected Outcome

This project can deliver the following outcomes:

Using the library management system, we can easily know the availability of the new
arrivals as well as the books in the library. Easy management of ingoing and outgoing of
books. We expect to manage the books automatically through computers, so there is no
need to manage them manually. It helps to reduce time as well as effort time to search the
books availability in the library. Being an automated system, it does not require external
human resources to find the books in the library. Instead, we can search through
computers.

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7. References
 Javed, M, & Raza, S. (2017). Development of a Web-Based Library Management
System Using PHP and MySQL. International Journal of Computer Applications,
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