NDLI: A Mash Up Home Library Management System

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Jeyaverasingam, S. Yuhong Yan
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Univ. of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB (Jeyaverasingam, S.)
Abstract	We present an online system to manage a home library that consist of multiple collections, such as books and CDs, using Service Oriented Architecture. Many home collections can contain hundreds and thousands of books and CDs. Managing a personal collection of such magnitude could be difficult if one were to rely on using databases or spread sheets. Entering detailed information of each item is a huge undertaking and tedious work. We present a solution to solve this complexity by building an online service to manage a home library. The online service maintains a database to record each userpsilas collection. The users will scan the bar code of the books and CDs. The detailed information of the items will be retrieved from Amazon.com via Amazon Associates Web Service interface and automatically entered into the database. Users are able to edit and search their items. A simple loan management functionality is provided to allow users to borrow out items. Doing so would allow them to share their collections with their friends. Compared to other commercial products for managing home libraries, our solution is a purely online service that absolves users from performing complicated installations and maintenance. The usage of Amazon.compsilas Web Service to retrieve item information provides a reliable source for information retrieval. This is due to the currency of information available and the fact that Amazon.com has one of the largest catalogues of items, from books, CDs to home appliances. All these are made available via the Amazon Associates Web Service. Our system can be extended to manage other items such as prescription medications, and kitchen items. These features make the developed solution an attractive alternative to commercially developed products.
Starting Page	160
Ending Page	167
File Size	536850
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780769532868
DOI	10.1109/SERVICES-1.2008.83
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-07-06
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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