- GNOSIS is a Library Information System, built to automate commonly used services like Adding-Issuing-Reserving-Returing-Deleting Books, and managing Members and Clerks.
- The website is hosted on python-anywhere, check it out : http://betathetha.pythonanywhere.com/
- For a member login, use: Username --
UG_20CS10001and Password --pwd - For a staff login, use: Username --
LIBC_LIBC_0and Password --libpwd1234
- Python 3 or above
- Django pre-installed
- Run
python3 manage.py teston the terminal in theLISdirectory to run the Unit Tests given in the Test Plan. - To run individual test files, run
python3 manage.py test tests.test_xyz, wherexyzis the name of the test file(without the.pyextension).
- To run the Software locally, the Librarian needs to add himself through the 'admin' page of Django as a one-time-process, after which he can create Library Clerks, Add Books, Add Members to the Library.
- Run
python3 manage.py runserverin theLibInfoSys/LISdirectory to start running the app locally. - Run
python3 manage.py createsuperuserto create a superuser and login through the/adminpage, to create the Librarian, once at start. - Member unique IDs are of the form
XX_YYDDAAAAAwhere XX represents UG or PG or RS or FAC depending on member type, YY is the year of registration and DD represents the department of the member, AAAAA standing for a unique code representing the member in the Institution. - Clerk unique IDs are of the form
LIBC_AAAAAAAA, where AAAAAAAA represents the unique representation of the clerk in the Library. - Librarian unique ID can be set once at the start by the superuser.
- Member Registration.
- Member Login.
- Staff Login.
- Remove Members.
- Add/Remove Clerks.
- Check Issue Statistics of all Books.
- Send Reminders.
- Add Books.
- Delete those Books that are disposed by librarian.
- Process Return of Book by a Library Member.
- Issue Book
- Reserve Unavailable Book
- Return an Issued Book.
- Search Book in Library.
- View Reminders.
- View Issue History.