DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LIBRARY INFORMATION SYSTEM (E-LIBRARY) FOR ABIA STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) AROCHUKWU

Abstract

This research design intends to provide solution to perennial problem of managing information in Abia State College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu library facility. The product of this research will enhance management of record keeping in the college and ensure that library resources are adequately tracked by providing software tools through which databases of books, staff, students, loan and equipment are created, updates and communicated for smooth running of the college library. The research makes use of combination of programming languages such as PHP scripting language, HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery library, Cascading Style Sheets, MySQL 5.3 database running on Xamp Server, Bootstrap, Microsoft Visio 2010, Microsoft Project 2007 and Microsoft Office 2010. The product of this research is the production of fully functional software package that could be used by both students and staff for electronic cataloguing or classifications of books, tracking of loans to library users and referencing services for academic research.