Design and Implementation of a Responsive WebBased Library Management System for Educational Purposes

This study was conducted for building a responsive web application for managing the Eastern Mediterranean University library, both for library users and librarians. The followed research method for the project is Design Base Implementation Research. The main objective of the project is to provide the mentioned user base a web application that they can use for managing their library online usage, easily and efficiently. This is aimed to be achieved by building a responsive application, meaning that the user can use the application on any smart device, such as a computer, a tablet, or a mobile, also, mostly automating the borrowing, reserving and returning resources operations Thus, decreasing the time and effort spent to carry out these processes both for library users and the librarian. The developed project was built with the client-server approach, consisting of two applications, a backend application (service) and a frontend application (consumer). The backend application handles receiving requests from the frontend application, process data and respond the according information to the frontend application. Whereas, the frontend application provides the user a graphical user interface for using and interacting with the system, both sending requests to the backend application, and displaying information responded from the backend application. This project was developed by using a range of technologies and methodologies. The backend application was built by using NodeJS, JavaScript, and ExpressJS. Moreover, the frontend application was built with a modern, responsive approach, by using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ReactJS and Material-UI. Overall, this project provides a modern, responsive web application in order to carry out general library management operations online, faster, easier and more efficient than the current methods that are used in the Eastern Mediterranean University library. Keywords: Library management, responsive design, client-server model, React, NodeJS