Project Idea #1: Library Book Tracker
October 4, 2007
This idea came about as a suggestion from one of the members of ACM@UIC. Within their organization, they have a library of computer books, currently shared by students on the honor code. Many members of ACM donate their books to the library for the benefit of everyone else to read. After a few checkouts, though, these books have a habit of disappearing. This isn’t necessarily intentional, but many members just forget to return the books when they’re done. This application would keep track of the books with a check-in, check out system. It could possibly send email reminders to members when their books are overdue. During brainstorming, we discussed the possibility of consuming a web service from a provider like Amazon to gather book information. We could also potentially provide a mechanism for members to review the books upon check-in.
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October 4, 2007 at 7:24 pm
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October 13, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Joseph Messick has voted for this project (via “Project Ideas have been posted”) entry:
“I vote for the Library Tracking project.
Ideas 2,3, & 4 would be technically appropriate but have practical obstacles to overcome which would be distracting or stop progress on them entirely.
The 5th idea is just too challenging to hold the attention of the group, although it would be fine for a more advanced group with more time to work on it.”
October 20, 2007 at 1:22 am
“Evil Joel” has voted for this project idea. See comment under “Project Ideas have been posted”.
October 24, 2007 at 5:02 pm
I vote for the Library Tracking project.