Design and Implementation of Library Management System

Library is an important service department, the hospital is the core place for doctors to acquire knowledge, and for the rest and leisure of patients. Due to the unceasingly expand of hospital size and book quantity, hospital library is mainly engaged in the storage and circulation of large numbers of books. Computer technology application is the current trend for library management system, which had been widely applied. Hospital library management system is mainly developed a library management system containing books management, user management, and administrator management, renew online, message and other functions. System implemented renew and message function is one of the main characteristics of the system. Borrow in advance function refers to the readers could book in advance for the books which had been borrowed by others. The information had been recorded. When the book was returned back to library, the system could been immediately booked, and send text message or e-mail notifications to the borrower. Message function refers to that the readers could leave a message on the message board, and the administrator could manage the message function. This function enabled the interactions between readers and administrators, and help administrators improve the work efficiency. In order to meet the requirements of modern library management, and put forwarder the books management system management system design and realization scheme based on VB. This system realized the books management business's core parts, which were borrow-lend management, reader management, books management and system maintenance function.