‘Book Shelf’: A tool to access Books and minimize search time
- November 22, 2021
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: IJRSI, Language and Literature
International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VIII, Issue X, October 2021 | ISSN 2321–2705
‘Book Shelf’: A tool to access Books and minimize search time
Aryan Verma1, Bhavsar Suraj, Aniket Kumar Singh, Anmol Patel Yadav
1Students –LNCT (under RGPV University), Bhopal (MP), India
Abstract: Before invent to computer, book mainly referred to hard bound product with details printed on pages. Hence, it was cumbersome for readers to get relevant matter under single point of access. With technological development Books also evolved from contemporary hard print form to Online matter.‘ Globalization is paving way for new dimension from Science to Arts to Medical to Engineering to Computer to Artificial intelligence to Space to Management to Economic, etc. These have in turn given rise various sector/field specific publications leading to increasingly available in electronic format. Its here the role do bookshelves have in the future library.
Summary: For decade’s people have been fond of reading books, major spaces in library had been occupied by open shelves, catering to the information requirements of students, scientists and scholars. But readers interest is impacted by the time expended in searching Books based on Topics, Authors, geners, etc. Hence not many of them are regular in reading new books due to lack of knowledge about the content provided by the author and often feel unwilling to buy them because of their new arrival in the market. New talented authors go unrecognised but this problem can be solved using which clusters the reviews of many people at one place
Of late University and public libraries are slowly transforming into study environments, in which open shelves are being replaced by a variety of other library services. So, the access to the books, journals, magazine, information, etc is increasingly transformed in digital format.
BOOK-SHELF is Mobile application based tool which could be effectively used in University and public libraries, Vendors, stocktist, etc to minimize time and physical efforts in searching hard bound matter.
Key words: Books, Journal, Magazine, Library, book management, Android Smartphone, Mobile Library, Open source, Library
I. INTRODUCTIONS
According to Counterpoint Research, India’s smart phone market is set to hit a record high of 173 million units in 2021, growing at 14 per cent annually India’s smart phone market is the second biggest market in the world after China. In 2020, the Indian market outperformed the North America, Latin America and Africa markets. The market has been experiencing strong consumer demand after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in June, and the strong sales momentum will continue.[1]
