BudLib - An Open-source Library Management System

So why do we need Budlib? Institutions like schools, colleges, NGOs, etc. are in need to administer their library through the means of reliable library management software. Particularly for smaller, independent schools, the budget might not allow purchasing a commercial license. Some of these institutions still use paper cards in the back of books to keep track of loan history. This project aims to build an open-source software system to administer a library, primarily for smaller and independent schools. The source code of the project is hosted on GitHub and publicly available for maximal benefit to schools and other such institutions around the world. This project is founded by two software engineers namely Bhavyai Gupta and myself Mike Lee during our study in our Masters of Software Engineering program at the University of Calgary. The Budlib open source library management system started out as a project to help revamp Calgary Waldoorf School’s library system, which is a K9 school within Calgary, Canada. Seeing the benefit of the deployment of Budlib in replacing the school’s legacy library system, we have decided to scale this project to help other schools as well, especially those that don’t have the funding to adopt commercially available solutions.