📚 Library Management System (LMS) - Version 1.0.1

A project for the Software Engineering Course, Level 1, Term 1.

A fully functional Library Management System developed in C, featuring file handling, user authentication, book borrowing/returning, and dynamic library statistics.

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🚀 Features

✅ User & Admin Authentication (Login system)
✅ Add, Delete, and View Books
✅ Borrow & Return Books (Tracks borrowed books)
✅ Library Statistics (Total books, borrowed books, available books)
✅ Error Handling & Invalid Input Prevention
✅ Persistent Data Storage using Binary Files (users.dat, books.dat)

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🛠 How to Run the System

🔹 1. Compile & Run the C Program

For Windows (MinGW/GCC required):

gcc LMS_V1_0_1.c -o LMS_V1_0_1.exe
.\LMS_V1_0_1.exe

For Linux (GCC required):

gcc LMS_V1_0_1.c -o LMS_V1_0_1
./LMS_V1_0_1

📌 Ensure that users.dat and books.dat are in the same directory, or they will be created automatically.

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🛠 Project Structure

📂 Library_Management_System/
 ┣ 📄 LMS_V1_0_1.c   # Main C program
 ┣ 📄 books.dat      # Binary file storing book records
 ┣ 📄 users.dat      # Binary file storing user records
 ┣ 📄 README.md      # Project Documentation (this file)

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🔥 Upcoming Features (Planned Updates)

🔹 Graphical User Interface (GUI) using Python Tkinter
🔹 Edit book details (title, author, etc.)
🔹 Sort & filter books by name, author, or availability
🔹 User borrowing limit & penalties for late return
🔹 Admin dashboard with statistics visualization
🔹 Generate reports (borrow history, most borrowed books, etc.)

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💻 Technologies Used

• C (Core logic, file handling, user management)
• Git & GitHub (Version control & repository management)

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🏆 Developer

👨‍💻 Developed by Irshad Hossain
📅 Last Updated: February 28, 2025

🙌 If you like this project, please ⭐ the repository!
🚀 Feel free to contribute or suggest improvements.