SmartLib using RFID and Android

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume V, Issue IV, April 2018 | ISSN 2321–2705

SmartLib using RFID and Android

  Rakshith R Pai¹, Tejaswini Gowda H², Khaleed Ahamad³, Pavitra Kencharaddy⁴, Merlyn Melita Mathias⁵

 ^1-4Students of Computer Science and Engineering Department, Alva’s Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mijar, Moodbidre, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
⁵Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Alva’s Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mijar, Moodbidre, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Abstract: A library is a collection of sources of information and similar other resources, which is made accessible to a defined community like Educational Institution and Organization for reference or borrowing. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is an underlying system of Library management system (LMS). Android app for Library Automation is used for managing software, monitoring and controlling the transaction in the library. A Library includes books, question paper, newspaper, journals and previous year’s project details etc. This paper mainly deals with the description and evolution of library system and their disadvantages over centuries in the different part of the world. The source of information in an Institution is a Library. Here Librarian plays a very important role in managing the Library functions such as adding new students, book data, date of issuing and returning the book and entering all the relevant details of the books etc. For this the student has to wait for his /her turn as Librarian enters data student by student. Thus, it is very time consuming process and costly because of high manpower requirement. This paper mainly focusses on the basic library operation and some added features like view total books, view available books, updating information, searching books and a facility to request and return of books and some alert systems. The system is an Android App written for smart phones, designed to help the users to maintain and organize Library Management System.

Index Terms- Android, RFID, GSM, Arduino.

I. INTRODUCTION

A library is a huge collection of sources of information which is made accessible to the users of that Organization or Institution. Android application is developed using web technology in Online based library management system, which focuses on basic operation like adding new members, adding new books, updating the arrival of borrowed books and as well as new books, searching books and alert on fines using GSM service. Library provides many resources like books, question paper, newspaper, journals and previous year’s project details and magazines etc., the information in a library can be in a physical form or in a digitized form. In olden days the access to library resources was usually done in the library room, so the users had to wait in a line for their turn to borrow the books.

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