1. Project Overview

Plato PLATO

Smart Cloud Library: A library management and service platform that supports the smart library service system.

2. Open Source License

Does not use a mainstream open-source license

3. Screenshots

4. Feature Overview

Platform Advantages

• Central-Branch Library Architecture: No longer isolated information silos, but a platform for sharing information.
• User-Friendly Interface: Improve work efficiency through a simple and easy-to-use platform interface.
• Intelligent Platform: More than just a management platform; it is also an intelligent platform for connectivity and services.
• Service Big Data: Data is no longer dormant but becomes a vibrant goldmine of knowledge.
• Rich APIs: Flexible, comprehensive, and powerful APIs make anything possible.

System Features Overview

Central-Branch Library Architecture

1. The central-branch library architecture uses a tree structure.
2. The root is the top-level central library, which can be a virtual unit. It does not handle specific business operations and is only used to create and manage its direct branches and establish unified rules.
3. Each library can create and manage its direct branches. For its branches (which are sibling libraries to one another), it serves as the central library.
4. Supports multi-level structures (more than two levels).
5. Each library has an administrator account. Its administrator can create multiple users with different roles to handle various operations within the library.

System Management

1. Manage Collection Location Information
2. Manage Book Vendor Information
3. Manage Reading Room Information
4. Manage Violation Type Information
5. Manage Book Circulation Types
6. Manage Reader Type Information
7. Manage Borrowing Rules

DashBoard

1. Provide Key Library Statistics
2. Provide Administrators with Quick Access to Business Functions

Circulation Management

1. Manage reader information and library card details for this library.
2. Process violation records corresponding to the violation types defined by this library.
3. Process outstanding fees incurred by reader violations or overdue book returns.

Collection Information

1. Enter Collection Book and Copy Information
2. Bibliographic Search
3. Direct cataloging functionality that allows searches by ISBN or Bibliographic ID.

Circulation and Borrowing

1. Library staff can identify readers by manually entering their library card numbers or having readers scan their cards directly.
2. Library staff can process book checkouts and returns by manually entering book barcode numbers or scanning them with a barcode scanner.
3. If readers have outstanding fees when returning books, they can choose to pay on the spot.
4. During reading room check-ins, library staff can record readers entering each reading room on that day.

Statistical Analysis

• Statistics on the Number of Books Borrowed by Readers
• Library Book Collection Statistics
• Book Circulation Statistics
• Borrowing Rankings

REST API

• Provide Business APIs for Mobile Clients
• Provide Business APIs for Book Borrowing and Returning Devices
• Provide Business APIs for Third Parties

5. Tech Stack

Software Architecture

PHP Framework

Yii 2.0.19

Code Structure

common
    config/              contains shared configurations
    mail/                contains view files for e-mails
    models/              contains model classes used in both backend and frontend
    tests/               contains tests for common classes    
console
    config/              contains console configurations
    controllers/         contains console controllers (commands)
    migrations/          contains database migrations
    models/              contains console-specific model classes
    runtime/             contains files generated during runtime
backend
    assets/              contains application assets such as JavaScript and CSS
    config/              contains backend configurations
    controllers/         contains Web controller classes
    models/              contains backend-specific model classes
    runtime/             contains files generated during runtime
    tests/               contains tests for backend application    
    views/               contains view files for the Web application
    web/                 contains the entry script and Web resources
frontend
    assets/              contains application assets such as JavaScript and CSS
    config/              contains frontend configurations
    controllers/         contains Web controller classes
    models/              contains frontend-specific model classes
    runtime/             contains files generated during runtime
    tests/               contains tests for frontend application
    views/               contains view files for the Web application
    web/                 contains the entry script and Web resources
    widgets/             contains frontend widgets
vendor/                  contains dependent 3rd-party packages
environments/            contains environment-based overrides
docs/                    development documents