The Design And Development Of An Automated Library Application Software For Samaru Public Library, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria

📄 Project Abstract

Public libraries are local centers of information, learning, and recreation. Their roles include helping to promote reading habits among the community they serve and also facilitate easy access to information. Therefore, they are usually stocked with variety of information resources, which are accordingly arranged for easy retrieval and access. Their services are regardless of age, religion, nationality or social status. However, the present age of information and publication explosion in different forms and format has made it difficult for public libraries and indeed other types of libraries to perform their roles of facilitating easy retrieval and access to information resources and services without automation. This research project adopted two research methods, case study and operational research methods. The case study was adopted so as to study the operations and analyze the problems of the samaru public library. The findings from this are that the information resources in the sam...