Management of library is an extensive and time consuming activity. With the advent of computer and information technologies came up with an automated library management system. It makes the managing of a library simpler, easy and less time consuming. With the help of such a system a librarian can maintain all the records of the books in digital format that with a single click of a button the librarian can get to know if a particular book is available in the library or not.
The students don't have to go and find for themselves in each rows of the library. Apart from the checking on the availability of the books, such a system can also generate information regarding the issue, re-issue or booking availability of the books etc very easily in no time. The system can preset the number of books each student can issue and also it can also generate the fine produced for submitting the books late to the library.
Further to that there are also options for certain library automation system to integrate itself with the bar code reading devices so that the codes on the books can be easily identified and from there the details about a particular book can be retrieved easily. It makes the whole library management error free and time saving and in the long run cost efficient too. There are options for new member registrations and editing their status as per requirement. Book reservation scheme can also be effectively managed with the help of such an effective system.