Library-Management-System-in-C-Language

Efficient C Language based Library Management System.
📚Streamline book tracker and borrower management.
Simple, sleek and all about organized shelves. 💫💫

Features:

>> Add a new book by specifying the following information:

1. Book Name
   
2. Author Name
   
3. Primary Genre
   
4. Secondary Genre (if any, optional)
   
5. Sub Genre
   
6. Price
   
7. Number of books in stock.
   

• This book information will get saved in a bookInfo.txt file.
• Only use Add a new book feature when you (librarian) receive a brand new book which was never available previously in the library.

>> View complete book database

You can view the whole book database (unsorted and unfiltered) by just selecting the View All Books option

>> Book sorting and searching

You can search and filter books based on these parameters:

1. Book Name
   
2. Author Name
   
3. Price
   (NOT PRICE RANGE! FILTER ONLY BY A SPECIFIC PRICE!)
   
4. Primary Genre

>> Issue/Borrowing Management

You (librarian) can issue a book to an individual by specifying the following information:

1. Book Name
   
2. Borrower's Name
   
3. Number of days the book is being borrowed
   
4. Date of Issue
   

• Only one book can be issued per entry.
• The Date of Issue is fetched automatically by the program.
• This borrower's information is stored in an issueHolderDBS.txt file.
• When the book is issued, 1 is deducted from the amount of its stock in the bookInfo.txt file.

Additional Features in Borrow Management
Before issuing a book, the program will check whether the book actually exists or not. If it exists, it will then check whether the book is in sufficient stock. I've set a limit, that if a book's stock is <=20 then the program will not allow the librarian to issue the book.

>> View complete borrower's database

You can view the whole borrower's database by (unfiltered and unsorted) by just selecting the View Aquirer Database option

>> Returning of the borrowed book by a reader

When a borrower returns a book, the book can be added back to the shelf by specifying the following information:

1. Borrower's Name
2. Book Name

• The program will check the issueHolderDBS.txt for such entry, and if it exists, it will proceed to delete that entry by file swapping and rewriting methods.
• When the book is returned, 1 is added to its stock in the bookInfo.txt file.

>> Restocking a book

You can restock a book by specifying the following information:

1. Book Name
2. Restock Quantity

• The program will first check whether a book with that specified name exists in the database or not.
• If it exists, it will then proceed to restock it.
• The restock amount will get added to the stock amount of that book in bookRecords.txt file.

Note that restocking a book is different from returing a borrowed book.

• Use restock feature when the book is already existing in the database, and is not a completely new one for your library.