CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Introduction
Library Management System with Barcode is a system program that is used in a library for an
easy use of addition of books, burrowers, issue dates, return dates, fine payments. It is done through a
database programmed so, it gives a good interface to the operating user and a safe database for the
storage of data like books and borrowers. It is very useful software for librarians and it requires a
computer for the operation.
Related Literature
According to Ken Chad of Ken Chad Consulting we are at a major point of change in the wider
information economy within which library systems form part of a larger whole. He was writing in a
briefing paper about the study in library management systems. This study examined the systems used in
highereducation libraries across the UK and came up with some significant observations and
recommendations. It noted that the LMS market in UK higher education is already mature and that four
main vendors (ExLibris, Innovative, SirsiDynix and Talis) have almost 90 per cent of the market. This
market maturity means, according to the study authors, that the benefits to libraries of changing LMS
provider are limited.

Library users expect to find everything together says Stephen Abram, vice president for
innovation at SirsiDynix, the leading provider of software solutions and associated services for libraries.
According to her traditionally, the library management system or integrated library system (ILS) was
responsible for running libraries efficiently and effectively. Over the last few years, the role of the ILS has
been expanding from meeting library needs to delivering user experience.

According to Elisabeth Robson usability is a key requirement for users, Product manager for
Online Computer Library Center. The catalogue has become a way to pull together disparate resources,
including commercial resources and web links. Library management systems also allow circulation,
including check in/check out and enable libraries to purchase materials and track where they are.

Nearly every type of industry is using barcode technology to replace keyboard data entry
because bar coding is much faster and more accurate than keyboard data entry. A bar code is a piece of
Automatic Identification Technology (Auto ID) that stores real time data. It is a series of vertical bars or a
graphical bar pattern which can, (depending on the width and pattern) encode numbers and letters in a
format which can easily be retrieved and interpreted by a bar code reader. The circulation work in an
automated library involves keying in a large amount of data. Sometimes, the library staff at the counter
has to retype the same information due to error in data entry. A bar code reader decodes a bar code by
scanning a light source across the bar code and measuring the intensity of light reflected back by the
white spaces. Nowadays bar-codes are cheap to print and the reading technologies are varied and
reliable. -Dr. Gurdev Singh & Mrs. Monika Sharma
 Barcodes have found varieties of applications in different fields, including libraries and
Information centres. In developed countries barcode patterns have become a familiar symbol for
general masses due to their appearance in all personal products, books, food and grocery packets,
garments, other records, etc. In fact barcode is not a very new technology; it had been in use as early as
1940s. Its first commercial application can be traced back to 1960s as a method for tracking railroad
cars. In India bar codes are being used in various courier companies and the All India Radio as an
automatic method of identification. Many manufacturing industries and companies have been using
barcodes for their products, inventory control and shares. -Rajesh Singh

LOCAL

Aquilan (2004) made a comparable thesis on the automation of time attendance that records
the time in and time out of every employee using barcode system. It tends to eliminate the manual
recording system of time and attendance and also include salary computation of each employee based
on the time and attendance reports.

Ramon Faloran(2005) wrote in the article “The Computer Edge of the New Employment and
Opportunities “in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. He stated that computer gives you a different feeling
about what is happening in the company. Business will be highly competitive and innovative because the
computer provides instant information.

Study by Cantoma (2004) in her thesis entitled “Computer Library System for St. James
Academy” stated that, in manual system in retrieving, maintaining security and piling records take place
because of the years gone by. Furthermore, these files were only kept in envelopes and folders
in wooden rocks. There are also instances when the right information is given to a wrong person, which
affect quality of service.

Mendrez (2007) made a similar study for Vision Designer Inc. It has an identification machine
aimed at verifying a person entering through the swiping of identification cards. After entering their
given code number, the identification cards are swiped in the machines card reader to trigger the
verification. If access granted, the micro switch will then automatically unlock to allow enter. This will
help a lot in monitoring attendances accurately and more precise. A group of computer engineers in
Rebisco Biscuits Corporation proposed a thesis report for what is the same Innodata Corps is
implementing right now a computerized daily time record as an alternative for Bundy clock. The means
of getting inside the company premises is by swiping cards into a machine that reads every record of
each employee then monitor and displays the time a particular employee logs in and out.

In the 2005 annual report of the Forest Products Research and Development Institute under the
Department of Science and Technology, it is said that, “The computerized database and attendance on
Forest Products Research and Development Institute was designed to facilitate the Institute's data entry,
processing, computation and maintenance of employee time and attendance transactions. The system
allows employees to log in/out as the swipe their IDs through a barcode reader attached to a computer
terminal. The processing forms include those for legal holidays, travel order, tardiness, under time,
vacation and sick leave. Pertinent Report forms have been designed for easier access to all these data.”