Book management apparatus
First Claim
1. A book management apparatus for managing book stocks of a plurality of libraries through a network, comprising:
- book stock information management means for managing book stock information which is information about book stocks of individual libraries;
bibliographic information management means for managing bibliographic information comprising attributes of books managed by said book stock information management means; and
loan information management means for managing loan information about loan of the book stocks of the individual libraries.
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Abstract
A book management apparatus capable of relieving librarians at individual libraries of repetitious work. When an order for books has been placed by a library management system, ordering information management means of the book management apparatus receives and manages the ordering information. On a predetermined closing day, ordering means places an order for books with a wholesaler management system at prices reduced in accordance with the numbers of copies ordered for identical books, while looking up the ordering information managed by the ordering information management means. Bibliographic information management means acquires bibliographic information about the ordered books from the wholesaler management system and manages the acquired information. When the ordered books have been delivered to the library, book stock information management means registers the books as possessions of the library. When books are loaned between libraries, loan information management means manages the status of loan for each library.
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12 Claims
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1. A book management apparatus for managing book stocks of a plurality of libraries through a network, comprising:
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book stock information management means for managing book stock information which is information about book stocks of individual libraries;
bibliographic information management means for managing bibliographic information comprising attributes of books managed by said book stock information management means; and
loan information management means for managing loan information about loan of the book stocks of the individual libraries. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A book management method for managing book stocks of a plurality of libraries through a network, comprising:
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a book stock information management step of managing book stock information which is information about book stocks of individual libraries;
a bibliographic information management step of managing bibliographic information comprising attributes of books managed in said book stock information management step; and
a loan information management step of managing loan information about loan of the book stocks of the individual libraries.
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12. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to perform a process of managing book stocks of a plurality of libraries through a network, wherein the computer is caused to function as
book stock information management means for managing book stock information which is information about book stocks of individual libraries, bibliographic information management means for managing bibliographic information comprising attributes of books managed by the book stock information management means, and loan information management means for managing loan information about loan of the book stocks of the individual libraries.
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