DEVELOPMENT OF A LIBRARY MANAGEMENT INFORMATIONSYSTEMFORMOUNTAIN TOP UNIVERSITY(MTU-LMIS)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to develop an information system required for managing the flow of books or materials in and outside the library of Mountain Top University. The study identified the various user and system requirements, specified the system design and implemented the system. The prototyping methodology was used and a review of literature was being done to identify and understand existing system being used which was OPAC. The user and system requirements of the system were identified from system users using informal interviews.The implementation of the front end was done using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The backend was implementedusing MySql and PHP. The results of the system showed the implementation of the system’s database for storingtheinformation alongside the front-end of the web application. The results revealed that the system was able to uniquely identify each user that had been registered and to easily viewtheir statueto know when a book has been borrowed,returned or if a fine was issued to the user. The study concluded that using the system will help the librarian/staff mitigate most of the challenges associated with books in and out of the library especially with event of accounting for the amount of book/material present in the library.