This document provides an overview of a Library Management System project. The project aims to automate the manual processes of maintaining records related to book purchases, stock, issues and returns. This will make book searches, issues and returns faster. The current manual system will be replaced with a software application that logically connects all transactions and provides quick access to records and reports to help library management.

1. Library Management System
SYNOPSIS:
INTRODUCTION:
The project entitled LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM is developed as part of the VI
Semester RDBMS package project for the partial fulfillment of the BE (Computer Science)
degree.
PROJECT:
LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM is a software application to maintain the records related
to Book Purchase, Stock Maintenance, Book Search, Catalog, Book Issue, Book Returns, Fine
Collection, and all necessary requirements for the Library to manage day to day operations.
OBJECTIVE:
The main objective of the application is to automate the existing system of manually maintain
the records of the Book Issue, Book Return from the student, Stock Maintenance, Catalog and
Book Search to be computerized. So the Book Issue, Return, Searching will be faster.
SCOPE:
This application can be used by any Library to automate the process of manually maintaining the
records related to the subject of maintaining the stock and Book Issues.
PROBLEM DEFINITION:
The transactions related to Book Purchase, Book Issue and Book Returns are maintained
manually at present along with maintaining the accounts of the Students and the Lecturers.
All these are to be automated and an application is required to relate all of them relatively and
logically so that the current system can be replaced and accepted without major changes and
problems.
The application should provide quick access to the records maintained and must reveal the
important reviews about the business so that the growth can be easily compared and should
provide with the various reports showing the related details so that the important decisions could
be taken easily.

2. Hardware and Software requirements Hardware Requirements
Processor
Pentium IV 2GHz and Above RAM
2GB RAM Monitor
15” Color Monitor Keyboard Mouse
Software Requirements
Operating System.
Windows XP Developing Tool
Visual Basic 6.0 Database
MS Access