Introduction:

This is the Software Requirements Specification for the Library Management

System.The aim of the project is to study and analyze about the developing process
of Library Management System including
software requirement specification (SRS)
and comparison between existing and proposed system.On the basis of
analysis performed ,the purpose of this document is to convey a description of the
environment in which the application is expected to
operate ,a definition of the application's capabilities and the specification of
the application's functional and nonfunctional
requirements.

Purpose
The main objective of this document is to illustrate the requirements of the
project Library Management system.
The document gives the detailed description of the both functional and non-
functional requirements proposed by the client.
The purpose of this project is to provide a friendly environment to maintain the
details of books and library members and
to maintain easy circulation system using computers and to provide different
reports.The system is developed to cope up with
the current issues and problems
of library.The document is developed after number of consultation with client and
considering the complete requirement specification of the
given project.

Scope
Library management system is a project which aims in developing a computerized
system to maintain all the daily work of library.
Library Management System is basically updating the manual library system into an
Internet based application so that
the users can know the details of their accounts, availability of books and maximum
limit for borrowing.
The project is specifically designed for the use of librarians and library users.
The product will work as
a complete user interface for library management process and library usage from
ordinary users.
Library Management System can be used by any existing or new library to manage its
books and book borrowing, insertion and
monitoring

OVERVIEW:
The Library Management System that is to be developed provides the members of the
Library
and employees of the library with books information, online blocking of books
and many other facilities .The system can add user, validate user and is also bug
free.
The system provides books catalog and information to members
and helps them decide on the books to borrow from the library.
The Librarian can keep the books catalog updated all the time so that the
members (students and the professors) get the updated information all the
time.

Product Functions:
The system provides different types of services based on the type of users
[Member/Librarian].
The Librarian will be acting as the controller and he will have all the privileges
of an administrator.
The member can be either a student or staff of the university who will be accessing
the Library online.

The features that are available to the Librarian are:-

Book inventory
accept or reject a new user according to the library policy.
issue a book to the user
view the List of books available in each category
add books and their information to the database
edit authors and publishers information
edit the information of existing books
check the report of the existing books
check the report of the issued books
send lateness warnings to people who have exceeded deadline date
access all the accounts of the students.
Stock verification

The features that are available to the Members are:-

view the different categories of books available in the Library
view the List of books available in each category
own an account in the library.
check their books issued record.
put a request for a new book.
search for a particular book.