Development of Mobile Library ApplicationBased on Android in Universitas AhmadDahlan

Abstract

Library is one of the facilities which assist in the provision of resources in the educational process, to expedite the process of finding and borrowing services by members of the library has been used web-based Digital Library, where its application is still not available for online borrowing services and therefore required a system that allows the members of the library to access library services, especially the process of borrowing books online using mobile library application based on android. These reasons make the research necessary to prepare a library that can be accessed by users using Android Smartphone. The method used in this research is the First to define the problem and to analyze of user requirements. Second, to design and system design using UML (Unified Model Language). Third, develop a mobile application using android technology, JSON (Java Script Object Notation) as a connector to the database and MySQL as databseserver, Fourth perform application testing and fault finding before this application is implemented. The system will be developed in the research is the application can be used as an alternative media library catalog search form, search Books, Magazines, CDs, TA / Thesis, Journal, Proceedings, also borrowing services online, so after doing the online borrowing member libraries can come to the library to pick up the book without to wait and queue.