Project Proposal: Publication Collection Manager

Supervisor: Alan Sexton

Keywords: Web Applications

Brief Description:

For someone with a large number of books, keeping track of them can be a problem but necessary for reasons of insurance, security in lending them, and just assistance in finding them. Entering the data alone is such a nuisance that many people simply don't bother. Now, one can obtain the full bibliographic data from the ISBN information (which can be entered by hand or which can be scanned with the aid of a cheap bar code reader). There are desktop applications for this purpose. However, it would still be nice to have full access to the book collection manager online, so that one can enter new books at home, at work or when away on holidays or at conferences. Similarly one would like to be able to carry out all possible operations on the collection online rather than be fixed to one location for the purpose. This project is to do precisely that. Other functionality, such as generating bibliography information for inclusion in academic papers and reports, or supporting other forms of publications, such as papers, music or videos is also possible.

Special Equipment: No special equipment requirements

Special Software: No special software requirements