📚 Library Management System (LMS)

👥 Team Members

• Nevil Vataliya (nevil213) - U23CS158
• Prankit Vishwakarma (prank-vish) - U23CS113
• Parth Modi (parthm2005) - U23CS107

📝 Problem Statement

The Library Management System (LMS) helps manage books, students, and transactions within a library. Developed with Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles, the system is split into two main panels:

🔐 Admin Panel

• 🆕 Add Student: Add a new student to the system.
• ❌ Remove Student: Remove an existing student from the system.
• 🆕 Add Book: Add new books to the library.
• ❌ Remove Book: Remove books from the library collection.
• 👥 Display Students: View a list of all students.
• 📚 Display Books: View a list of all books.
• 🔍 Search Available Books: Find books available for borrowing.

🧑‍🎓 Student Panel

• 📖 Borrow Book: Borrow a book if available.
• ↩️ Return Book: Return borrowed books.
• 📋 Display Borrowed Books: View a list of all borrowed books.

💡 C++/OOP Concepts Used

This system is built using several OOP concepts, including:

• 👨‍👩‍👦 Inheritance: Classes like Book, Student, and Library inherit common properties and methods.
• ⚙️ Polymorphism:
  • 🖋️ Operator Overloading: Overloaded operators (<<, >>) for input/output operations, such as displaying book details.
  • 📋 Function Overloading: Functions like menu() handle different arguments (e.g., ID,password).
  • 🛠️ Function Overriding: Specific functionalities for to_string() and to_string().
• 💾 File Handling: Records are saved in external files (e.g., students.txt, books.txt) for data persistence.
• 🖥️ Formatted Output: Used setw() and other stream manipulators for neat output formatting.
• 🔒 Password Security: Password-protected admin login.
• 📧 Email Validation: Ensures email addresses follow a valid format.

🏗️ Program Structure

The system is organized into these main components:

• 📕 Book Class: Stores book details such as ISBN, title, author, publisher, and status (available/borrowed).
• 🧑‍🎓 Student Class: Manages borrowing and returning books.
• 🏛️ Library Class: Handles adding/removing books and students, displaying books/students, and searching available books.

🚀 Installation

To run the Library Management System locally, follow these steps:

1. 📥 Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/parthm2005/library.git
   cd library

2. ⚙️ Compile the Code: Use a C++ compiler, like g++:

   g++ -o lms p.cpp

3. ▶️ Run the Program: After compiling, run the executable:

   ./lms

📖 Usage

When you start the program, you’ll be prompted to log in as either an admin or a student:

• 🔐 Admin Login: Use the admin panel for managing students and books.
• 👤 Student Login: Access the student panel for borrowing and returning books.

Example Operations:

• 🆕 Add a Book: Admin enters details like ISBN, title, and author to add a book.
• 📖 Borrow a Book: Students can search and borrow a book if it's available.

🌟 Features

• Admin Features:

  • 🆕 Add/Remove books and students
  • 🔍 Search for available books
  • 📋 Display student and book lists

• Student Features:

  • 📖 Borrow and return books
  • 📑 View borrowed books list

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! To contribute:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature (git checkout -b feature-name).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add new feature').
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature-name).
5. Open a pull request.

🙏 Credits

• Nevil Vataliya: Core functionality for admin and student panels.
• Prankit Vishwakarma: File handling and email validation features.
• Parth Modi: Integrated OOP concepts and book management.

📬 Contact

For any questions or feedback, feel free to open an issue or contact us!

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