JP5233919B2 - Library management method and library management device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a library management method and a library management apparatus.

  In recent years, techniques for supporting library operations by computer systems have been used. For example, by registering bibliographic information of books in a database, a user or a librarian can search for books on the system. Also, lending and returning books can be managed on the system. Each library can build its own library management system or use a library management system common to other libraries.

  In some library management systems, a management device that communicates with a plurality of library clients and a wholesale company server manages the operations of a plurality of libraries (for example, see Patent Document 1). This management apparatus can receive and store bibliographic information of books from the wholesale company server (see particularly paragraph [0027] thereof). In addition, library information for each library is held, and when a library client is informed that a new collection of books has been accepted, the library client notifies the library and the bibliographic information received from the wholesaler server. Can be associated (see particularly paragraph [0028] thereof). After the association, the book can be managed.

JP 2002-140467 A

  Here, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, a bibliographic information database common to a plurality of libraries is provided. On the other hand, apart from the common database, it is preferable that there is a separate database in which bibliographic information of books related to a specific library is registered. When searching for books in a certain library, the use of individual databases can narrow down the bibliographic information to be searched and speed up the search process.

  As an opportunity for registering bibliographic information in an individual database, the timing when a library client performs an acceptance work on a new collection of books and is notified by the library client. However, in this method, after a new collection book arrives at the library, work (for example, input work by a librarian) occurs on the library side. Therefore, the work burden on the library side becomes a problem. In addition, there is a problem that a time lag occurs between the arrival of a book and the registration of bibliographic information, and the search for the book is delayed.

  The present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a library management method and a library management apparatus that facilitate the management of new collection books in a library.

In order to solve the above problems, there are provided an ordering device for ordering books and a library management method executed by a computer communicating with an order receiving device for ordering books. In this library management method, among the bibliographic information of each of the plurality of books stored in the first storage unit, the bibliographic information of the first book held by the library is stored in the second storage unit corresponding to the library. To do. The ordering device accepts ordering information for a second book that is not held by the library, and transmits the received ordering information for the second book and a library code for identifying the ordering library to the ordering device. To do. From the order receiving device, the delivery information and the library code transmitted at the timing when the second book is sent out or at the timing before the second book is sent out are received. Based on the received shipping information and library code, the bibliographic information of the second book stored in the first storage unit is stored in the second storage unit corresponding to the library.

In order to solve the above problems, an ordering device for ordering books and a library management device for communicating with an order receiving device for ordering books are provided. The library management apparatus includes a child bibliographic information storage unit, a communication unit, and an instruction unit. The child bibliographic information storage unit stores the bibliographic information of the first book related to the library among the bibliographic information of each of the plurality of books stored in the bibliographic information storage unit. The communication unit receives the ordering information of the second book that is not held by the library from the plurality of books from the ordering device, transmits the ordering information of the second book to the order receiving device, and the second book The shipping information of the ordered second book and the library code for identifying the ordering library , which are transmitted at the time when the book is sent or before the second book is sent, are received from the order receiving device. The command unit stores the bibliographic information of the second book stored in the bibliographic information storage unit in the child bibliographic information storage unit corresponding to the library based on the shipping information and the library code received by the communication unit.

  According to the library management method and the library management apparatus described above, it becomes easy to manage new holding books in the library.

It is a figure which shows the management apparatus of the library which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the whole library system structure. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of a center server. It is a figure which shows the function structure of each apparatus of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of a whole bibliographic information management table. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of a classification table. It is a figure which shows the data structure example of a classification filter table. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of a character string filter table. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of the bibliographic information management table classified by library. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of the filter table according to library. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of a holding information management table. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of an order information management table. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of an equipment information management table. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of the last material code management table. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of a dispatch information management table. It is a figure which shows a login screen. It is a figure which shows a book search screen. It is a figure which shows a search result screen. It is a figure which shows a selection list screen. It is a flowchart which shows the ordering process of the book of 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an order reception process. It is a flowchart which shows an equipment information generation process. It is a flowchart which shows the information production | generation process according to library. It is a flowchart which shows a dispatch information generation process. It is a flowchart which shows holding information update processing. It is a figure which shows a user's book search and a lending process. It is a figure which shows the function structure of each apparatus of 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the ordering process of the book of 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an equipment information inspection process. It is a figure which shows the notification of the alarm by a center server.

Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a library management apparatus according to the first embodiment. The library management device 1 according to the first embodiment can communicate with an ordering device 2 for ordering books and an order receiving device 3 for ordering books.

  The library management apparatus 1 includes storage units 1a and 1b, a communication unit 1c, and an instruction unit 1d. In the following, the book is described as a book, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, books include DVDs, CDs, cassette tapes, and electronic books lent out at libraries.

  Libraries include libraries that are operated independently, as well as libraries and university libraries established in elementary and junior high schools and high schools. Libraries also include mobile libraries that carry books on vehicles and lend books.

  The ordering device 2 may be a device provided in the library or a portable device. The library management device 1 and the ordering device 2 may be mounted on the same computer. In this case, the library having the ordering device 2 also has the library management device 1.

  The order receiving device 3 may be a device managed by a book wholesale company or a publishing company. The library management device 1, the ordering device 2, and the order receiving device 3 can communicate via a wired or wireless network. The network connecting the library management device 1 and the ordering device 2 and the network connecting the library management device 1 and the order receiving device 3 may be the same or different.

  The storage unit 1a (first storage unit) stores bibliographic information for each of a plurality of books. Bibliographic information may include book titles, identification information such as ISBN (International Standard Book Number), and keywords. The bibliographic information is information created for each book name by an employee such as a book wholesale company or a book sales company. The book title and ISBN included in the bibliographic information are information for identifying the book. Hereinafter, information for identifying a book will be referred to as book identification information. As the storage unit 1a, a storage area allocated on the storage device can be used. The storage unit 1a may be managed as a database.

  For example, the library management device 1 may store bibliographic information received from an external device (for example, the order receiving device 3) in the storage unit 1a. The storage unit 1a may exist outside the library management apparatus 1. For example, the order receiving device 3 may include the storage unit 1a. In that case, the library management apparatus 1 can refer to the bibliographic information stored in the storage unit 1a via the network.

  The storage unit 1b (second storage unit) is a storage unit provided corresponding to a certain library, and stores bibliographic information of books held by the library (step S1). The books held in the collection include not only books actually delivered to the library but also books that have been delivered but have not been delivered to the library.

  The bibliographic information registered in the storage unit 1b is a subset of the bibliographic information registered in the storage unit 1a. As the storage unit 1b, a storage area allocated on the same or different storage device as the storage unit 1a can be used. The storage unit 1b may be managed as a database. In addition, when there are a plurality of libraries to be managed by the library management apparatus 1, a plurality of storage units 1b may be provided. Details will be described later.

  The communication unit 1 c communicates with the ordering device 2 and the order receiving device 3. The communication unit 1c acquires ordering information for books not held by the library from the ordering device 2 (step S2). The order information includes information such as book identification information and the number of books ordered.

The communication unit 1c transmits the ordering information of the acquired order book and the library code for identifying the ordering library to the order receiving device 3.
The ordering information may include a library code. In that case, the communication unit 1 c transmits ordering information of the order book to the order receiving device 3. On the other hand, the communication unit 1c may transmit information obtained by deleting some information from the ordering information to the order receiving device 3.

  Further, the communication unit 1c receives the order book shipping information from the order receiving device 3 (step S3). The shipment information is information indicating that the book wholesaler provided with the order receiving device 3 has completed the shipment of the book received. Alternatively, the shipping information may be information indicating that a book ordered by a book wholesale company is secured and shipping has been confirmed.

  A material code for individually identifying the booklet delivered to the library may be further received from the order receiving device 3. Here, the material code will be described. In a library, it is necessary to manage all the books in the collection one by one in order to grasp the lending status of each book. However, when a library holds a plurality of books having the same book identification information, the library cannot manage the booklet of each book only by the book identification information. Therefore, in the library, in addition to the book identification information, the book is individually managed using a material code which is information that does not overlap in all the books held by the library.

  For example, when a library holds three books with the book name “A”, a material code such as “00118”, “00119”, “00245”, etc. is assigned to each of the three books. And these numbers do not overlap with other holding books. The library management apparatus 1 also manages the booklet of each book using the material code.

  The command unit 1d controls the storage unit 1b corresponding to the ordering library to be updated based on the shipping information and library code received by the communication unit 1c (step S4). That is, when the shipping information is acquired from the order receiving device 3, an instruction to store the specific bibliographic information in the bibliographic information of the order book stored in the storage unit 1a in the storage unit 1b is output. As a result, the bibliographic information of the new holding book is stored in the storage unit 1b.

  For example, among the bibliographic information stored in the storage unit 1a, the library management device 1 stores the bibliographic information of the book # 1 related to a certain library in the storage unit 1b corresponding to the library (step S1). The library management device 1 obtains ordering information of the book # 2 that is not held by the library from the ordering device 2 (step S2). Then, the library management device 1 transmits the ordering information and library code of the book # 2 to the order receiving device 3. In addition, the shipping information and library code of the book # 2 are received from the order receiving device 3 (step S3). Based on the received shipping information and library code, the library management device 1 stores the bibliographic information of the book # 2 stored in the storage unit 1a in the storage unit 1b (step S4).

  As a result, the storage unit 1b storing the bibliographic information of the books held in advance by a certain library is updated in response to the acquisition of the shipping information of the new holding books from the order receiving device 3. This makes it easier to manage new books in the library. That is, the library does not need to perform work for registering the bibliographic information corresponding to the new collection book from the storage unit 1a to the storage unit 1b after the new collection book arrives, and the work load of the library is reduced. The In addition, if the shipping information is transmitted from the order receiving device 3 to the library management device 1 before the book arrives at the library, the storage unit 1b has already been updated when the book arrives at the library. Search and lending reservation can be started earlier than the arrival of books.

  Note that the timing at which the shipping information is transmitted from the order receiving device 3 to the library management device 1 may be, for example, the timing at which a book is shipped from a book wholesale company or the timing at which preparation for shipping is completed. In this case, the library management apparatus 1 can acquire the shipping information before the book arrives at the library.

  Here, in a book wholesale company, it may take time to secure a book that has been ordered. Therefore, it is better that the order receiving device 3 transmits the shipping information at the timing when the book can be secured. In that case, the library management apparatus 1 can register the bibliographic information in the storage unit 1b at the timing when the book can be secured by the above processing. When the user makes a lending reservation, the library management apparatus 1 can provide the user with an appropriate lending start date and time.

  Here, the library management apparatus 1 can be realized by a computer. That is, the processing of the communication unit 1c and the command unit 1d can be realized by causing a computer to execute a library management program that defines the above processing contents. Similarly, the ordering device 2 and the order receiving device 3 can be realized by a computer. The library management device 1 may be a device provided in a certain library or a device provided outside the library.

  The library may have only the ordering device 2, and the library management device 1 may be installed in the center. By adopting this form, the ordering device 1 can collectively manage orders from a plurality of ordering devices 2. In the following embodiment, consider a system that includes an ordering device (terminal device) provided in each of a plurality of libraries and a server device managed by a book wholesale company and supports library operations of a plurality of libraries.

[Second Embodiment]
Hereinafter, a second embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of the library system. This library system is constructed between the libraries 20, 30, 40, the center 50, and the book sales company 60.

  In the library 20, terminal devices 21, 22, and 23 are installed. The ordering device 2 in the first embodiment corresponds to the terminal devices 21, 22, and 23. Similarly to the library 20, terminal devices are installed for the libraries 30 and 40.

  The center 50 collects and accepts orders for books from the libraries 20, 30 and 40 to the book sales company 60. The center 50 also manages the rental of books held by the libraries 20, 30, and 40. The center 50 includes a center server 100 that provides a function for that purpose. The center server 100 corresponds to the library management apparatus 1 in the first embodiment.

  The book sales company 60 is a book wholesale company that receives an order from the center 50, procures and equips the target books, and delivers them to the libraries 20, 30, and 40. Here, the equipment work refers to a work of attaching a label (for example, a barcode) including a material code to a book to be delivered. Normally, the library will open the equipped books. Then, the library system manages the lending of books by using the material code of the label of the book that the user desires to lend. The book sales company 60 has a sales company server 200 for managing the processes from order reception to delivery. The sales company server 200 corresponds to the order receiving device 3 in the first embodiment.

  The terminal devices 21, 22, 23, the center server 100 and the sales company server 200 are connected via the network 10. The network 10 is, for example, the Internet, a dedicated network installed for the present system, or a VPN (Virtual Private Network).

  The terminal devices 21, 22 and 23 are computers handled by the staff of the library 20. Library staff can operate the terminal devices 21, 22, and 23 to select and manage books. Here, the selection is an act of selecting a book to be newly ordered by the staff. For example, the staff can select a desired book as an ordering target while referring to the information of the book by the selection book. The center server 100 provides an operation screen and a search function for selecting a book.

  The center server 100 provides the library 20, 30, 40 with a function for making a selection. For example, the center server 100 provides a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for making a selection. Specifically, the center server 100 functions as a Web server, so that the GUI can be realized on the Web browsers of the terminal devices 21, 22, and 23.

  The center server 100 also provides general information (bibliographic information) related to books extracted according to the search keyword received from the terminal devices 21, 22, and 23 via the GUI. In addition, although the information of the book extracted based on the search keyword is provided, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the center server 100 may provide the terminal devices 21, 22, and 23 with information related to recommended books received from the book sales company 60. Furthermore, the center server 100 provides the terminal devices 21, 22, and 23 with information excluding books already held by the library among the recommended books received from the book sales company 60 by the processing described later. Also good.

  Further, the center server 100 acquires and manages bibliographic information in advance (for example, periodically) from the sales company server 200. The bibliographic information includes, for example, information such as a bibliographic code for uniquely identifying a book on the system, a book name, an author name, a sales company name, and a publication year. Details of the bibliographic information will be described later.

  The center server 100 accepts an order for a book selected by the selection book. The center server 100 transmits a book order from the library 20, 30, 40 to the sales company server 200. The center server 100 may transmit an order to the sales company server 200 every time an order is received, or may aggregate and transmit a plurality of orders.

  The center server 100 also manages the rental of books held in the libraries 20, 30, and 40. For this reason, the center server 100 manages whether or not all books held in the libraries 20, 30, and 40 are individually rented, or management of holding information for managing the state of each book.・ Provide. Details of the holding information will be described later.

  The center server 100 may be composed of a plurality of servers in order to improve responsiveness and reliability. For example, it may be configured by a Web server that provides a GUI, an AP (Application) server that provides functions such as search, order reception and lending management, and a DB (DataBase) server that stores and manages bibliographic information and holding information. It is done.

  The sales company server 200 manages bibliographic information on newly published books. For example, the staff of the book sales company 60 creates bibliographic information of a newly published book and stores it in the sales company server 200. That is, the sales company server 200 has the bibliographic information created so far. The sales company server 200 provides new bibliographic information to the center server 100 (for example, periodically).

  Further, when receiving the ordering information from the center server 100, the sales company server 200 appropriately generates information necessary for the process of the book sales company 60 from the procurement of the book to the delivery for the order. Hereafter, the process in the book sales company 60 is demonstrated easily.

(1) The book sales company 60 procures the target book based on the order information acquired by the sales company server 200.
(2) The book sales company 60 performs an installation operation for adding a barcode or a label to the procured books. Here, the barcode, the label, and the like include a material code for managing each book in the library 20, 30, 40 for each book. The material code may be information included in a book shelf to be displayed and a classification of book contents.

  In this case, settings relating to barcodes and labels are registered in advance in the sales company server 200 in accordance with the book management system in the libraries 20, 30, and 40. In other words, the sales company server 200 accepts the settings of the bookshelf and book content classification for each of the libraries 20, 30, and 40 and stores them in advance. Then, the sales company server 200 generates a material code so as to be unique among all books held by the libraries 20, 30, and 40 in accordance with various settings.

  As described above, the sales company server 200 generates a label material code based on the order information received from the center server 100, and generates equipment information for use in equipment work. Although details of the equipment information will be described later, the information includes information such as a material code and a book name.

  (3) When the book sales company 60 completes the installation work of the book to be ordered, the book sales company 60 sends the book to the ordering library. At this time, the sales company server 200 transmits the equipment information and the shipping information to the center server 100. Also, the equipment information and the shipping information need not be transmitted simultaneously. Here, the shipment information is information including book identification information of the book that has been sent out and information indicating that the book that has undergone the equipment work has been shipped.

  The equipment information may include information indicating a book secured by the book sales company 60 and confirmed to be shipped to the libraries 20, 30, and 40. When the equipment information includes information indicating a book that has been confirmed to be shipped, and the center server 100 receives the equipment information and the shipping information at different timings, the equipment information may be regarded as “shipping information” in the first embodiment. it can.

Below, the processing function at the time of ordering a book realized by such a library system will be described more specifically.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the center server. The center server 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 102, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 103, a graphic processing device 104, an input interface 105, and a communication interface 106.

The CPU 101 controls the operation of the entire center server 100.
The RAM 102 temporarily stores at least part of an OS (Operating System) program and application software (hereinafter referred to as an application) program to be executed by the CPU 101. The RAM 102 stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU 101.

The HDD 103 stores OS programs and application programs. The HDD 103 stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU 101.
The graphic processing device 104 is connected to the monitor 11. The graphic processing device 104 displays an image on the screen of the monitor 11 in accordance with a command from the CPU 101.

  The input interface 105 is connected to the keyboard 12 and the mouse 13. The input interface 105 transmits a signal sent from the keyboard 12 or the mouse 13 to the CPU 101.

The communication interface 106 is connected to the network 10 and transmits / receives data to / from the terminal devices 21, 22, 23 and the sales company server 200.
Note that the terminal devices 21, 22 and 23 and the sales company server 200 can also be realized by the same hardware configuration as the center server 100.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of each device according to the second embodiment. The terminal device 21 includes a selection screen display unit 21a and an input information reception unit 21b.
The selection screen display unit 21a displays the GUI used by the staff of the library 20 for selection. The selection screen display unit 21 a receives screen information for displaying the GUI, search results, and the like from the center server 100.

The input information reception unit 21b receives information input to the selection screen display unit 21a and transmits the information to the center server 100.
Here, the terminal devices 22 and 23 can also be realized by the same functional configuration as the terminal device 21. The terminal device 21 will be described below, but the terminal devices 22 and 23 and the terminal devices installed in the libraries 30 and 40 also communicate with the center server 100 in the same manner.

  The center server 100 includes an entire bibliographic information storage unit 110, a library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120, a holding information storage unit 130, a selection screen providing unit 151, an input information acquisition unit 152, a book information search unit 153, an order information reception unit 154, An order information transmission unit 155, an equipment information reception unit 161, a library-specific information generation unit 162, and a shipping information reception unit 171 are included. Each of these functions is realized by the CPU 101 executing a predetermined program. Note that all or at least a part of these functions can be realized by dedicated hardware.

  The bibliographic information storage unit 110 stores all bibliographic information that is all bibliographic information created by the staff of the book sales company 60. All the bibliographic information stored in the all-bibliographic information storage unit 110 is synchronized with all the bibliographic information managed by the sales company server 200 periodically (or when all the bibliographic information is updated by the sales company server 200). However, the illustration of the function for performing synchronization is omitted. Note that information items of all bibliographic information stored in the full bibliographic information storage unit 110 may be reduced as compared with all bibliographic information managed by the sales company server 200. This is because the entire bibliographic information can include all kinds of information related to books, so that the storage area can be used efficiently by reducing information items that are not used in the library system. The format of bibliographic information may be converted.

  The library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120 stores library-specific bibliographic information, which is bibliographic information extracted from all bibliographic information for each library for books held in the libraries 20, 30, and 40. The library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120 stores the library-specific bibliographic information in association with the library code for identifying the library assigned to each of the libraries 20, 30, and 40.

  The holding information storage unit 130 stores, for books held in the libraries 20, 30, and 40, whether or not each book is being rented or holding information for managing the state of each book. The holding information storage unit 130 stores holding information in association with the library codes assigned to the libraries 20, 30 and 40.

  The selection screen providing unit 151 provides a selection GUI to the selection screen display unit 21 a in response to a request from the terminal device 21. The selection GUI includes a search form for receiving search keywords, a search result output form for outputting search results, an order form for receiving order confirmation, and the like.

  The input information acquisition unit 152 acquires information input by the GUI displayed on the selection screen display unit 21a via the input information reception unit 21b. When receiving the search information including the search keyword from the search form, the input information acquisition unit 152 outputs the received search information to the book information search unit 153. Further, when receiving the ordering information from the ordering form, the input information acquiring unit 152 outputs the received ordering information to the ordering information receiving unit 154.

  The book information search unit 153 searches all the bibliographic information stored in the all bibliographic information storage unit 110 using the search keyword included in the search information acquired from the input information acquisition unit 152 as a key. The book information search unit 153 performs a predetermined filter process for the search. By filtering, for example, books that are not desirable to be displayed in a library can be excluded from selection. The filter conditions used for the filter process are stored in advance in the entire bibliographic information storage unit 110.

  Further, when there is a filter setting for each library, the book information search unit 153 performs a filter process using the filter setting of each library. The library-specific filter settings are stored in advance in the library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120. For example, when the library is a library room attached to a school, the filter condition may be changed according to the classification of elementary school, junior high school, high school, university and school. However, the relation lines between the library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120 and the book information search unit 153 are not shown.

  The order information reception unit 154 adds additional information such as an order number and a library code for identifying an order to the order information acquired from the input information acquisition unit 152 and outputs the added order information to the order information transmission unit 155.

The order information transmitting unit 155 transmits the order information acquired from the order information receiving unit 154 to the sales company server 200.
The equipment information receiving unit 161 receives the equipment information generated by the sales company server 200. The reception of the equipment information means that the equipment has been installed at the book sales company 60 or that the equipment is ready. The equipment information receiving unit 161 outputs the received equipment information to the library-specific information generating unit 162.

  When receiving the equipment information from the equipment information receiving section 161, the library-specific information generating section 162 generates the library-specific information based on the received equipment information and the full bibliographic information stored in the full bibliographic information storage section 110. Here, the library-specific information refers to library-specific bibliographic information and holding information.

  Specifically, the library-specific information generation unit 162 extracts a library code included in the equipment information, and refers to the library-specific bibliographic information of the corresponding library stored in the library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120. If the library included in the equipment information does not exist in the library, the bibliographic record of the book is extracted from all the bibliographic information, and the extracted bibliographic record is added to the library-specific bibliographic information of the library. In the extraction, ISBN and book title are used as keys.

  Further, the library-specific information generation unit 162 generates a new holding record of a book to be delivered based on the equipment information and all the bibliographic information, and adds the generated holding record to the holding information of the corresponding library. However, since it is actually a record for a book that has not been held, the book is set to a temporary holding state. At this time, the library-specific information generation unit 162 includes information indicating that the book can be reserved for lending in the holding record.

  Further, when the library-specific information generating unit 162 acquires the shipping information from the shipping information receiving unit 171, the library information generating unit 162 refers to the holding information storage unit 130 and cancels the temporary holding state of the books included in the shipping information. When the temporary holding state is canceled, the center server 100 recognizes that the book can be lent. Here, the shipment information is information for notifying that the book installation work is completed at the book sales company 60 and the preparation for shipment is completed as described above.

  The shipping information receiving unit 171 receives shipping information from the sales company server 200. The shipping information receiving unit 171 outputs the received shipping information to the library-specific information generating unit 162. Further, the center server 100 may receive the equipment information, the entire bibliographic information, and the shipping information at the same time.

  The sales company server 200 includes a bibliographic information storage unit 210, an order information storage unit 220, an equipment information storage unit 230, a shipping information storage unit 240, an order information receiving unit 251, an equipment information generation unit 261, an equipment information transmission unit 262, and shipping information. A generation unit 271 and a shipping information transmission unit 272 are included. Each of these functions is realized by executing a predetermined program by the CPU provided in the sales company server 200. Note that all or at least a part of these functions can be realized by dedicated hardware.

  The bibliographic information storage unit 210 stores all bibliographic information. When a book is newly published, a bibliographic record of the book is added to all the bibliographic information stored in the full bibliographic information storage unit 210 by the staff of the book sales company 60.

The order information storage unit 220 stores the order information received from the center server 100.
The equipment information storage unit 230 stores equipment information used for equipment work performed by the book sales company 60 (or a contractor of the book sales company 60). The equipment information is generated for each book that has been ordered. The equipment information includes information indicating whether or not the equipment work has been completed.

  The information indicating whether or not the equipment work has been completed indicates that the work has not been completed at the beginning of generation. For example, the information indicating whether or not the equipment work has been completed is changed to indicate the work completion status at the timing when the work is completed in the equipment process. For example, a management terminal device (not shown) for managing the equipment process detects that the equipment work for the book has been completed, and changes the equipment record of that book to indicate the work completion status.

The shipping information storage unit 240 stores shipping information for managing books for which the installation work has been completed for the corresponding books and preparations for shipping have been completed.
The order information receiving unit 251 receives the order information from the order information transmitting unit 155 and stores it in the order information storage unit 220.

  The equipment information generation unit 261 generates an equipment record for each book that has been ordered based on the entire bibliographic information stored in the entire bibliographic information storage unit 210 and the ordering information stored in the ordering information storage unit 220. The generated equipment record is stored in the information storage unit 230. Here, in the equipment information storage unit 230, material codes applied from each library in accordance with the management system of each of the libraries 20, 30, and 40 are stored in advance. The equipment information generation unit 261 refers to this information and assigns a material code to the newly ordered book.

  The equipment information transmission unit 262 transmits the equipment information stored in the equipment information storage unit 230 to the center server 100. For example, the equipment information transmission unit 262 transmits a new equipment record to the equipment information reception unit 161 every time a new equipment record is added to the equipment information. Alternatively, an equipment record that is a daily difference in equipment information from the previous day is transmitted to the equipment information receiving unit 161.

  The shipping information generation unit 271 refers to the equipment information storage unit 230 and the order information storage unit 220, generates a shipping record related to the book for which the equipment work has been completed, and stores the shipping record in the shipping information storage unit 240. For example, the shipping information generation unit 271 periodically refers to the equipment information stored in the equipment information storage unit 230 and attempts to detect a book for which the equipment work has been completed.

  The shipping information transmission unit 272 transmits the shipping information stored in the shipping information storage unit 240 to the shipping information reception unit 171. For example, the shipping information transmission unit 272 transmits a new shipping record to the shipping information receiving unit 171 every time a new shipping record is added to the shipping information. Alternatively, a shipping record that is a daily difference between shipping information from the previous day is transmitted to the shipping information receiving unit 171.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the full bibliographic information management table. The full bibliographic information management table 111 is stored in the full bibliographic information storage unit 110. The bibliographic information management table 111 includes an item indicating a bibliographic number, an item indicating a book name, an item indicating ISBN, an item indicating set ISBN, and an item indicating classification. Information arranged in the horizontal direction of each item is associated with each other to indicate information related to one book.

  In the item indicating the bibliographic number, an identification number for uniquely identifying the book in association with the book name in the center server 100 is set. In the item indicating the book name, information indicating the name of the book is set. In the item indicating ISBN, ISBN given to each book in accordance with a predetermined standard is set. In the item indicating the set ISBN, a set ISBN given to each of a plurality of books sold as a set is provided separately from the ISBN. In the item indicating the classification, a classification number indicating the classification of the book to which the contents of the book belong is set.

  In the bibliographic information management table 111, for example, the bibliographic number is “59661”, the book name is “on the back of the earth”, the ISBN is “ISBN4-04-227802”, the set ISBN is “−”, and the classification is “128”. "Is included. "-" (No setting) of the set ISBN indicates that this book is not a set.

  The bibliographic information management table 111 includes, for example, a bibliographic number “68127”, a book name “North Pole Exploration (all three volumes)”, an ISBN “−”, and a set ISBN “ISBN4-13-285579”, Information that the classification is “130” is included. ISBN “-” (no setting) indicates a group of books that collectively manage a set, and bibliographic number “68127” indicates a bibliographic number for managing the set. ing.

  In the bibliographic information management table 111, for example, the bibliographic number is “68128”, the book name is “North Pole Exploration Volume 1”, the ISBN is “ISBN4-4-358864”, and the set ISBN is “ISBN4-13-285579. ", The information that the classification is" 130 "is included. Since information is set in both the ISBN and the set ISBN, it indicates that the book indicated by the bibliographic number “68128” is included in the book group indicated by the set ISBN “4-13-285579”. Yes.

  As described above, the items included in the full bibliographic information management table 111 stored in the full bibliographic information storage unit 110 may be reduced from the items included in the full bibliographic information stored in the full bibliographic information storage unit 210. Conceivable. This is because the storage area can be efficiently used by reducing the items that are not used in the center server 100.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary data structure of the classification table. The classification table 112 is stored in advance in the entire bibliographic information storage unit 110. In the classification table 112, an item indicating a classification and an item indicating a classification name are provided. Information arranged in the horizontal direction of each item is associated with each other to indicate information related to one classification.

In the item indicating the classification, a number for identifying the classification is set. The name of the corresponding category is set in the item indicating the category name.
In the classification table 112, for example, information that the classification is “128” and the classification name is “natural science” is set.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary data structure of the classification filter table. The classification filter table 113 is stored in advance in the entire bibliographic information storage unit 110. The category filter table 113 includes an item indicating the library category, an item indicating the filter target category 1, and an item indicating the filter target category 2. Information arranged in the horizontal direction of each item is associated with each other to indicate a filter condition for the corresponding library section.

  In the item indicating the library category, a category that summarizes the libraries to be used by the filter is set. In the item indicating filter target category 1, the first category of the book to be excluded from the selection target is set. In the item indicating the filter target category 2, the second category of the book to be excluded from the selection target is set. A plurality of filter target classifications can be provided.

  In the category filter table 113, for example, information that the library category is “elementary school”, the filter target category 1 is “321”, and the filter target category 2 is “322” is set. This means that for books from libraries (or library rooms) set up in elementary schools, books belonging to the categories “321 (game)” and “322 (occult)” are excluded from the selection. Yes. Further, when the center server 100 receives a book search request from a library book search terminal (not shown), books of a specific classification can be excluded from the books displayed as search results.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a data structure example of the character string filter table. The character string filter table 114 is stored in advance in the entire bibliographic information storage unit 110. The character string filter table 114 includes an item indicating the library classification, an item indicating the filter target character string 1, and an item indicating the filter target character string 2. Information arranged in the horizontal direction of each item is associated with each other to indicate a filter condition for the corresponding library section.

  The item indicating the library classification corresponds to the item indicating the library classification in the classification filter table 113. In the item indicating the filter target character string 1, the first character string included in the information indicating the book to be excluded from the selection target is set. In the item indicating the filter target character string 2, the second character string included in the information indicating the book to be excluded from the selection target is set. A plurality of filter target character strings may be provided.

  In the character string filter table 114, for example, information that the library classification is “elementary school”, the filter target character string 1 is “game capture”, and the filter target character string 2 is “horror” is set. This means that for books from libraries (or library rooms) set up in elementary schools, books that contain the text “game capture” or “horror” in the information indicating the books are excluded from the selection. Is shown.

  The book information search unit 153 collates the search result from the entire bibliographic information storage unit 110 with the filter conditions set in the classification filter table 113 and the character string filter table 114, and includes a filter condition classification and a character string. If so, the book is excluded from the search result display.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the library-specific bibliographic information management table. The library-specific bibliographic information management tables 121, 122, and 123 are generated by the library-specific information generation unit 162 and stored in the library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120. The library-specific bibliographic information management tables 121, 122, and 123 are library-specific bibliographic information of the libraries 20, 30, and 40. Although only the library-specific bibliographic information management table 121 will be described below, the library-specific bibliographic information management tables 122 and 123 have the same configuration.

  The library-specific bibliographic information management table 121 includes an item indicating a library code, an item indicating a bibliographic number, an item indicating a book name, an item indicating ISBN, an item indicating set ISBN, and an item indicating classification. Information arranged in the horizontal direction of each item is associated with each other to indicate information related to one book.

In the item indicating the library code, an identification number for identifying the library 20 is set.
The item indicating the bibliographic number, the item indicating the book name, the item indicating ISBN, the item indicating the set ISBN, and the item indicating the classification are the same as each item provided in the all-bibliographic information management table 111 described in FIG. Information with the same content is set.

  However, the library-specific bibliographic information management table 121 is different in that only information on books actually held in the library 20 (or scheduled to be held) is set. Further, a record indicating a set of books set in the all-bibliographic information management table 111 (for example, a record indicating the bibliographic number “68127” in the all-bibliographic information management table 111 and the book name “North Pole Exploration (all three volumes)”) ) Is omitted because it is not necessary for search purposes.

  As described above, the library-specific bibliographic information management table 121 stores the bibliographic information of the books actually held in the library 20 or determined to be held, and unnecessary information is omitted. . Therefore, by performing the search process using the library-specific bibliographic information management table 121, the process can be executed at a higher speed than when the search process is performed using the full bibliographic information management table 111.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the library-specific filter table. The library-specific filter tables 121a, 122a, 123a are stored in advance in the library-specific information storage unit 120. The library-specific filter tables 121 a, 122 a, and 123 a are individual filter conditions for the libraries 20, 30, and 40 that are provided separately from the classification filter table 113 and the character string filter table 114. Although only the library-specific filter table 121a will be described below, the library-specific filter tables 122a and 123a have the same configuration.

  The library-specific filter table 121a includes an item indicating a library code, an item indicating a library classification, an item indicating a filtering target category 1, an item indicating a filtering target category 2, an item indicating a filtering target character string 1, and an filtering target character string 2 Is included. Information arranged in the horizontal direction of each item is associated with each other to indicate information related to one filter condition.

  The item indicating the library code corresponds to the item indicating the library code in the library-specific bibliographic information management table 121. The item indicating the library classification corresponds to the item indicating the library classification in the classification filter table 113. The items indicating the filter target categories 1 and 2 correspond to the filter target categories 1 and 2 in the category filter table 113. A plurality of filter target classifications can be provided. The items indicating the filter target character strings 1 and 2 correspond to the filter target character strings 1 and 2 in the character string filter table 114. A plurality of character strings to be filtered can also be provided.

  In the filter table 121a by library, for example, the library code is “12501”, the library classification is “elementary school”, the filter target category 1 is “325”, the filter target category 2 is “326”, and the filter target character string 1 is “crime”. ", Information that the character string 2 to be filtered is" gambling winning method "is set. This is because, when the staff of the library 20 designated by the library code “12501” makes a selection, the filter condition of the library classification “elementary school” in the classification filter table 113 and the character string filter table 114 is replaced (or added). , The selection target is filtered according to the set filter condition. In addition, when the center server 100 receives a book search request from a book search terminal of a library (library code 12501) (not shown), a specific book can be excluded from books displayed as a search result.

The library-specific filter tables 121a, 122a, and 123a can be changed as appropriate by the staff of each library.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the holding information management table. The holding information management tables 131, 132, and 133 are generated by the library-specific information generation unit 162 and stored in the holding information storage unit 130. The holding information management tables 131, 132, and 133 are holding information of the libraries 20, 30, and 40.

  Here, in the bibliographic information, one record corresponds to a book having the same name. On the other hand, one record of holding information is information corresponding to one booklet. That is, if two books with the same name exist as collections, two records (records for two booklets) are managed for the book. As a result, it is possible to manage the lending status of each book, the state of the book, and the like.

Although only the holding information management table 131 will be described below, the holding information management tables 132 and 133 have the same configuration.
The holding information management table 131 includes an item indicating a library code, an item indicating a bibliographic number, an item indicating a material code, an item indicating a temporary holding flag, and an item indicating a lending status. Information arranged in the horizontal direction of each item is associated with each other to indicate information related to one booklet.

  In the item indicating the library code and the item indicating the bibliographic number, information having the same contents as the items having the same name provided in the all-bibliographic information management table 111 and the library-specific bibliographic information management table 121 are set. In the item indicating the material code, a material code assigned in accordance with a management system for managing the corresponding book in the library 20 is set. In the item indicating the temporary holding flag, a flag indicating whether or not the corresponding book is in the temporary holding state is set. In the item indicating the temporary holding flag, “1” is set when the temporary holding state is set. In addition, “0” is set when it is not temporarily held. In the item indicating the lending status, information indicating whether or not the book is currently lent, whether a lending reservation is possible, whether a lending reservation is made, or the like is set.

  In the holding information management table 131, for example, information that the library code is “12501”, the bibliographic number is “59661”, the material code is “AD03-15590”, the temporary holding flag is “0”, and the lending status is “lending”. Is set. This indicates that the collection indicated by the material code “AD03-15590” is not in a temporary holding state but is currently being rented to a user (ie, delivered).

  In the holding information management table 131, for example, the library code is “12501”, the bibliography number is “59662”, the material code is “AD03-16164”, the temporary holding flag is “0”, and the lending status is “reservation available”. Is set. This indicates that the collection indicated by the material code “AD03-16164” is in a temporary holding state and a lending reservation is possible.

Note that a booklet whose lending status is “reserving a lending” indicates a state in which the lending reservation is accepted although it is not held in the library 20.
The library-specific information generation unit 162 sets the temporary holding flag to “1” at the beginning of generation of the holding record. Then, upon obtaining the shipping information, the library-specific information generation unit 162 identifies the booklet that has been shipped, and sets the temporary holding flag of the booklet to “0”. In this way, the library-specific information generation unit 162 manages the temporary holding state of the booklet. When the center server 100 receives the equipment information and the shipping information at the same time, the temporary holding flag is set to “0” when the holding record is generated. In other words, it is recognized as lent out when the holding record is generated.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary data structure of the order information management table. The order information management table 221 is stored in the order information storage unit 220. The order information management table 221 includes an item indicating an order number, an item indicating a library code, an item indicating a book name, an item indicating ISBN, an item indicating set ISBN, and an item indicating quantity. Information arranged in the horizontal direction of each item is associated with each other to indicate information related to one order.

  In the item indicating the order number, an identification number uniquely assigned to the received order is set. In the item indicating the library code, a library code indicating the ordering library is set. For the item indicating the book name, the item indicating the ISBN, and the item indicating the set ISBN, information having the same content as each item having the same name provided in the all-bibliographic information management table 111 is set. In the item indicating the quantity, a numerical value indicating the order quantity of the corresponding book is set.

  In the order information management table 221, for example, the order number is “10701”, the library code is “12501”, the book name is “recommendation of trivia”, the ISBN is “ISBN4-04-295505”, and the set ISBN is “−” ( No setting), the information that the quantity is “2” is included. This indicates that an order for two books of “recommendation of trivia” has been received from the library 20 indicated by the library code “12501”.

  In the order information management table 221, for example, the order number is “10702”, the library code is “12501”, the book name is “Exploring the Arctic (3 volumes in total)”, and the ISBN is “−” (no setting). Information that ISBN is “ISBN4-13-285579” and quantity is “2” is included. This indicates that an order for two sets has been received for “Arctic exploration (all three volumes)” which is a set from the library 20 indicated by the library code “12501”.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a data structure example of the equipment information management table. The equipment information management tables 231, 232, and 233 are generated by the equipment information generation unit 261 and stored in the equipment information storage unit 230. The equipment information generation unit 261 generates the equipment information management tables 231, 232, and 233 in association with the libraries 20, 30, and 40. Although only the equipment information management table 231 will be described below, the equipment information management tables 232 and 233 have the same configuration.

  The equipment information management table 231 includes an item indicating an order number, an item indicating a library code, an item indicating a material code, an item indicating a book name, an item indicating ISBN, an item indicating a set ISBN, and an item indicating an equipment completion flag. included. Information arranged in the horizontal direction of each item is associated with each other to indicate information related to one booklet.

  In the item indicating the order number, the order number of the order received for the corresponding book is set. The item indicating the library code, the item indicating the material code, the item indicating the book name, the item indicating the ISBN, and the item indicating the set ISBN have the same name provided in the bibliographic information management table 111 and the holding information management table 131, respectively. Information with the same content as the item is set. In the item indicating the equipment completion flag, information indicating whether or not the equipment work of the booklet has been completed is set. The item indicating the equipment completion flag is set to “1” when the equipment work is completed. If the equipment work is not completed, “0” is set.

  In the equipment information management table 231, for example, the order number is “10701”, the library code is “12501”, the material code is “AD03-16163”, the book name is “recommendation of trivia”, and the ISBN is “ISBN4-4-295595”. ", The information that the set ISBN is"-"(no setting) and the equipment completion flag is" 1 "is included. For the record with the same order number “10701” (record with the material code “AD03-16164”), “1” is set in the equipment completion flag. In other words, it indicates that the installation work has been completed for all booklets corresponding to all records of the order number “10701”. As a result, the book sales company 60 is assumed to be ready to ship the two books that have received the order with the order number “10701”, and can proceed with the shipping operation.

  In the equipment information management table 231, for example, the order number is “10702”, the library code is “12501”, the material code is “AD03-16165”, the book name is “Arctic Expedition Vol. 1”, and the ISBN is “ISBN4”. -04-358864 ", the set ISBN is" ISBN4-13-285579 ", and the equipment completion flag is" 1 ". Similarly, “1” is set in the equipment completion flag for the records with the order number “10702” and the material codes “AD03-16166” and “AD03-16167”. That is, the books of these records indicate that the equipment work has been completed.

  Also, in the equipment information management table 231, for example, the equipment completion flag is “0” for the records with the order number “10702” and the material codes “AD03-16168”, “AD03-16169”, “AD03-16170”. Is set. That is, the booklet of these records indicates that the installation work has not been completed.

  In this case, the equipment work is not completed (not ready for shipping) for some of the books to be ordered with the order number “10702”. Waiting for the completion of the equipment work for the completed booklet, the shipping work will proceed.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the final material code management table. The final material code management table 231a is stored in advance in the equipment information storage unit 230. The final material code management table 231a is a table for storing the material code format and the material code assigned last as the equipment information. The final material code management table 231a includes an item indicating a library code and an item indicating a final material code. Information arranged in the horizontal direction of each item is associated with each other to indicate information about one library.

  In the item indicating the library code, a library code for identifying the library is set. In the item indicating the final material code, the material code assigned last in the corresponding library is set.

  In the final material code management table 231a, for example, information that the library code is “12501” and the final material code is “AD03-16170” is set. This indicates that the material code “AD03-16170” has been used in the library 20 indicated by the library code “12501”.

  The equipment information generation unit 261 can identify unused material codes by referring to the final material code management table 231a, and can add material codes to each booklet without duplication. That is, the equipment information generation unit 261 assigns a material code obtained by adding 1 to the final material code to one of the books that have been ordered. Further, as described above, the material code can also include information on shelf numbers and book classification.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary data structure of the shipping information management table. The shipping information management table 241 is generated by the shipping information generation unit 271 and stored in the shipping information storage unit 240. The shipping information management table 241 includes an item indicating an order number, an item indicating a library code, an item indicating a book name, an item indicating ISBN, an item indicating set ISBN, and an item indicating quantity. Information arranged in the horizontal direction of each item is associated with each other to indicate information for one order.

  The item indicating the order number, the item indicating the library code, the item indicating the book name, the item indicating ISBN, the item indicating the set ISBN, and the item indicating the quantity are the same as each item provided in the order information management table 221. Information with the same content is set.

  The shipping information transmission unit 272 can notify the center server 100 that the preparation for shipping has been completed by transmitting the shipping information stored in the shipping information storage unit 240 to the center server 100.

  The shipping information management table 241 can also be used as management information when books are shipped at the book sales company 60. For example, if a shipping record is added to the shipping information management table 241, the book sales company 60 may set delivery or non-shipping in the record and manage the delivery status.

Next, an ordering GUI used when the staff of the library 20 inputs an order for a new book will be described.
FIG. 16 shows a login screen. The selection screen providing unit 151 provides the configuration information of the login screen 310 to the selection screen display unit 21a. The selection screen display unit 21a displays a login screen 310 on a monitor connected to the terminal device 21 based on the configuration information.

The login screen 310 is provided with an ID (IDentifier) input form 311, a password input form 312, and an authentication button 313.
The input form 311 is a form for receiving a user ID for identifying a user who intends to use an ordering GUI.

The input form 312 is a form for accepting input of a user password.
The authentication button 313 is a button for transmitting information input in the input forms 311 and 312 to the center server 100 and prompting the center server 100 to start authentication processing. When the authentication button 313 is pressed using a pointer or the like displayed on the GUI, the input information receiving unit 21b transmits the ID and password input in the input forms 311 and 312 to the center server 100.

  The center server 100 performs user authentication based on the received ID and password. The center server 100 functions as an LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) server that manages user information for that purpose, for example. In the LDAP server, a user and a library code of a library to which the user belongs are associated and managed. That is, when the center server 100 specifies a user, the center server 100 can specify the library code of the library to which the user belongs.

  When the center server 100 succeeds in authentication with the received ID and password, the center server 100 provides a book search screen to the selection screen display unit 21a via the selection screen providing unit 151. If the authentication fails, a screen indicating that is provided to the selection screen display unit 21a via the selection screen providing unit 151.

  FIG. 17 shows a book search screen. The selection screen providing unit 151 provides the configuration information of the book search screen 320 to the selection screen display unit 21a. The selection screen display unit 21 a displays the book search screen 320 on the monitor connected to the terminal device 21 based on the configuration information.

  The book search screen 320 includes a free keyword input form 321, a book name input form 322, an author name input form 323, a publisher name input form 324, a search button 325, and a clear button 326.

The input form 321 is a form for accepting free keywords used for search.
The input form 322 is a form for receiving a character string indicating a book name.

The input form 323 is a form for accepting a character string indicating an author name.
The input form 324 is a form for receiving a character string indicating a publisher name.
The search button 325 is a button for transmitting each character string input in the input forms 321, 322, 323, and 324 to the center server 100 and prompting the center server 100 to search for books. When the search button 325 is pressed using a pointer or the like displayed on the GUI, the input information receiving unit 21b transmits the character strings input in the input forms 321, 322, 323, and 324 to the center server 100. .

The clear button 326 is a button for erasing character strings already input in the input forms 321, 322, 323, and 324 at a time.
When the book information search unit 153 acquires the character string input to the input forms 321, 322, 323, and 324, the acquired character string is referred to the full bibliographic information management table 111 stored in the full bibliographic information storage unit 110. Extract bibliographic records of books containing. Then, the book information search unit 153 transmits the content of the extracted bibliographic record to the selection screen display unit 21a via the selection screen providing unit 151. At this time, the book information search unit 153 outputs the search result to the selection screen providing unit 151 except for the bibliographic records including the filter conditions set in the classification filter table 113 and the character string filter table 114.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a search result screen. The selection screen providing unit 151 provides the configuration information of the search result screen 330 to the selection screen display unit 21a. The selection screen display unit 21a displays the search result screen 330 on the monitor connected to the terminal device 21 based on the configuration information.

The search result screen 330 is provided with a search result display form 331 and a button 332 for putting in a basket.
The search result display form 331 displays the result of the search performed by the center server 100 based on the character string input on the book search screen. The search result screen 330 illustrates the case where the book name “Miscellaneous” is input in the book search screen 320.

  The search result display form 331 is provided with a check box indicating whether or not the candidate for ordering is selected. The staff of the library 20 can change the presence / absence of the check input to the check box by operating the pointer displayed on the GUI and performing the input to the check box (for example, clicking with the mouse).

  The button 332 to put in the basket is a button for confirming a book whose check is input to a check box provided in the search result display form 331 as a candidate for ordering. In the search result screen 330, a check is entered in the check box of the book “Recommendation of Trivia”. At this time, when the button 332 to be placed in the basket is pressed, “recommendation of trivia” is confirmed as a candidate for ordering.

When a candidate for ordering is confirmed, the selection list screen is displayed.
FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a selection list screen. The selection screen providing unit 151 provides the configuration information of the selection list screen 340 to the selection screen display unit 21a. The selection screen display unit 21 a displays a selection list screen 340 on a monitor connected to the terminal device 21 based on the configuration information.

On the selection list screen 340, a selection list display form 341, a recalculation button 342, a button for continuing selection 343, and a list confirmation button 344 are provided.
The selection list display form 341 displays a list of books selected as candidates for ordering. The selection list display form 341 is provided with an input form for changing the order quantity. The selection list display form 341 is provided with a deletion anchor for deleting the target book from the list. When the delete anchor is pressed, the corresponding book is deleted from the list.

  The recalculation button 342 is pressed with a pointer or the like when the order quantity is changed in the selection list display form 341 or when a book is deleted from the list. This prompts the user to change the total quantity and amount displayed on the selection list display form 341.

The button 343 for continuing the selection is a button for prompting a transition to the book search screen 320 in order to add a book to be ordered to the selection list display form 341.
The list confirmation button 344 is a button for confirming the order of the books displayed on the selection list display form 341.

Next, a processing procedure relating to ordering of books in the library system having the above configuration will be described in detail.
FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating the ordering process for books according to the second embodiment. In the following, the process illustrated in FIG. 20 will be described in order of step number.

  [Step S <b> 1] The terminal device 21 displays a login screen 310 on a monitor connected to the terminal device 21 in accordance with an operation input from the staff of the library 20. For example, the login screen 310 is provided as an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) file from the center server 100 and can be displayed via a Web browser. The terminal device 21 receives input of a user ID and password by a staff member of the library 20 and receives user authentication of the center server 100.

  [Step S <b> 2] The center server 100 provides the book search screen 320 to the terminal device 21. The center server 100 executes a search according to the character string received for the search from the terminal device 21, performs a filtering process on the result, and responds to the terminal device 21. As described above, among the recommended books received from the sales company server 200, books excluding books held by the library having the terminal device 21 may be provided to the terminal device 21. Specifically, the book name existing in the library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120 and the book corresponding to ISBN are excluded from the recommended books. Then, the center server 100 receives ordering information including information on a book determined as an ordering target by the terminal device 21. The center server 100 adds to the ordering information received from the terminal device 21 information on the library code of the ordering library acquired from the order number or user ID. Then, the center server 100 transmits ordering information to the sales company server 200.

  [Step S3] The sales company server 200 stores the order information received from the center server 100 in the order information storage unit 220. Then, the sales company server 200 makes a procurement arrangement for the book whose order has been accepted based on the ordering information.

  [Step S4] When the book procurement arrangement is completed, the sales company server 200 generates equipment information necessary for equipment work based on the order information. The sales company server 200 transmits the generated equipment information to the center server 100.

  [Step S5] Based on the equipment information received from the sales company server 200, the center server 100 generates library-specific bibliographic information and holding information. In the holding information, it is set that the corresponding book is in a temporary holding state. Thereafter, the staff of the library 20 can search for collections including books on order by library-specific bibliographic information and edit collection information prior to delivery of the books. At this point, the user of the library 20 may be allowed to make a reservation for lending the book.

  [Step S6] The book sales company 60 performs equipment work for the procured books. The management terminal device that manages the equipment work changes the equipment completion flag of the corresponding book in the equipment information management table 231 stored in the equipment information storage unit 231 to indicate that the equipment has been completed.

  [Step S7] The sales company server 200 refers to the equipment information management table 231 stored in the equipment information storage unit 230, completes the equipment work for all books corresponding to one order number, and is ready for shipping. Generate shipping information. The sales company server 200 transmits the generated shipping information to the center server 100.

[Step S8] When the center server 100 receives the shipping information from the sales company server 200, the center server 100 cancels the temporary holding state of the books included in the shipping information.
Here, in step S3, if the corresponding book cannot be procured due to out of print or the like, the sales company server 200 notifies the center server 100 to that effect. Then, it is conceivable that the center server 100 notifies the staff of the library 20 that procurement is impossible via a book search screen or the like. The center server 100 may make it impossible to select out-of-print books from the book search screen 320 when placing an order. In that case, the sales company server 200 may generate the equipment information at the timing when the order information is received from the center server 100.

In step S7, the book sales company 60 sends the books ready for shipment to the library 20 in order number units.
Thereafter, when the book is delivered to the library 20, bibliographic information and holding information for each library has already been generated. For this reason, the staff of the library 20 does not need to perform work such as registering a collection of delivered books, and the work burden is reduced.

Next, each process of steps S2, S4, S5, S7, and S8 will be described in detail.
First, the order receiving process of the center server 100 shown in step S2 of FIG. 20 will be described.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the order receiving process. In the following, the process illustrated in FIG. 21 will be described in order of step number.
[Step S11] The input information acquisition unit 152 outputs the user ID and password received from the terminal device 21 to an authentication processing unit (not shown in FIG. 4) that performs authentication processing. The login authentication is successful.

[Step S12] The input information acquisition unit 152 receives the library code of the library to which the user who has logged in from the authentication processing unit belongs.
[Step S13] The selection screen providing unit 151 provides the book search screen 320 to the selection screen display unit 21a.

  [Step S14] The input information acquisition unit 152 receives a character string input to the book search screen 320 from the input information reception unit 21b. The input information acquisition unit 152 outputs the received character string and library code to the book information search unit 153.

  [Step S15] The book information search unit 153 refers to the full bibliographic information management table 111 stored in the full bibliographic information storage unit 110, and extracts a bibliographic record including the input character string.

  [Step S16] The book information search unit 153 determines whether to set a filter based on the library code. When setting a filter, the process proceeds to step S17. When the filter setting is not performed, the process proceeds to step S19.

  For example, when the library code is “12501”, the book information search unit 153 sets the filter condition of the library classification “elementary school” from the classification filter table 113 and the character string filter table 114 stored in the entire bibliographic information storage unit 110. Can be extracted. Furthermore, the filter conditions of the library-specific filter table 121a can be extracted from the library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120. When the filter condition can be extracted in this way, the book information search unit 153 determines to set the filter. If the filter condition cannot be extracted, it is determined that the filter setting is not performed.

  [Step S17] The book information retrieval unit 153 refers to the classification filter table 113, the character string filter table 114, and the library-specific filter tables 121a, 122a, and 123a, and extracts filter conditions corresponding to the corresponding library code. For example, when the library code is “12501”, a classification including “321”, “322”, “325”, and “326” is extracted as a filtering target classification. Further, a character string including “game capture”, “horror”, “crime”, and “gambling winning method” is extracted as a filter target character string. If the filter condition can be extracted from the library-specific filter table, the filter process may be performed using only the filter condition of the library-specific filter table.

[Step S18] The book information search unit 153 omits the bibliographic records extracted in step S15, and outputs them to the selection screen providing unit 151.
Note that the book information search unit 153 may use the library-specific bibliographic information and holding information of the corresponding library as a filter condition. For example, for books selected by the staff of the library 20, books already held by the library 20 (books already registered in the holding information) are excluded from selection. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the staff of the library 20 from ordering more books held in the library 20.

[Step S19] The selection screen providing unit 151 generates a search result screen 330 using the bibliographic record acquired from the book information searching unit 153, and provides the search result screen 330 to the selection screen display unit 21a.
[Step S20] The input information acquisition unit 152 determines whether or not the information on the book to be registered in the selection list as a candidate for ordering has been received on the search result screen 330. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S21. If not received, the process proceeds to step S22.

  Specifically, this determination is made as to whether or not the terminal device 21 has accepted the depression of the button 332 to put in the basket in the state where the check is provided in the check box provided in the search result display form 331 on the search result screen 330. Is done by. When the user presses the button 332 to put in a check box with a check input in the check box, the terminal device 21 indicates that the corresponding book (for example, “recommendation of trivia”) has been selected as a candidate for ordering. It is transmitted to the center server 100.

  [Step S21] The input information acquisition unit 152 registers the received book in a selection list, which is a list of books that are candidates for ordering. The selection screen providing unit 151 generates a selection list screen 340 and provides it to the selection screen display unit 21a. The selection list screen 340 accepts changes in the order quantity, deletion of books from the list, and the like.

  [Step S22] The input information acquisition unit 152 determines whether or not the selection list screen 340 has received pressing of the button 343 for continuing the selection. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S13. If not accepted, the process proceeds to step S23.

  [Step S23] The input information acquisition unit 152 determines whether or not the pressing of the list confirmation button 344 is accepted on the selection list screen 340. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S24. If not accepted, the process is completed after accepting the end of the selection GUI.

  [Step S24] The input information acquisition unit 152 acquires a bibliographic record of a book registered in the selection list as ordering information. The input information acquisition unit 152 outputs the acquired order information and library code to the order information reception unit 154. The selection screen providing unit 151 generates a screen for displaying a list of books for which the order has been confirmed and provides the screen to the selection screen display unit 21a.

  [Step S25] The order information receiving unit 154 adds an order number and a library code to the order information acquired from the input information acquisition unit 152. Note that the ordering information receiving unit 154 deletes information included in the bibliographic record other than information necessary for specifying a book to be ordered and information necessary for equipment work.

  [Step S <b> 26] The order information receiving unit 154 outputs the processed order information to the order information transmitting unit 155. The order information transmission unit 155 transmits the acquired order information to the sales company server 200.

  As described above, the center server 100 can exclude books that are not desirable to be displayed in the library 20 according to pre-registered filter conditions from the selection targets when the staff of the library 20 selects the books. Thus, by narrowing down the books to be confirmed by the staff in advance, the work burden on the staff's selection book can be reduced.

  In step S15, bibliographic information may first be searched from the library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120, and only information that does not exist in the library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120 may be extracted from the full bibliographic information storage unit 110.

Next, the equipment information generation process of the sales company server 200 shown in step S4 of FIG. 20 will be described.
FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the equipment information generation process. In the following, the process illustrated in FIG. 22 will be described in order of step number.

  [Step S31] The equipment information generation unit 261 refers to the order information management table 221 stored in the order information storage unit 220 and extracts one unprocessed order record. Here, it is conceivable that the equipment information generation unit 261 executes the process of this step at the timing when a new order record is added to the order information management table 221. Moreover, you may perform by a predetermined period (for example, daily).

  [Step S32] The equipment information generation unit 261 determines whether or not the set ISBN is set in the extracted order record. If there is a setting, the process proceeds to step S33. If there is no setting, the process proceeds to step S35.

  [Step S33] The equipment information generation unit 261 searches the full bibliographic information management table stored in the full bibliographic information storage unit 210 using the set ISBN as a key, and obtains a bibliographic record of the set breakdown book (breakdown book). To do.

  For example, if the order record is for “North Pole Exploration (3 volumes in total)”, the set ISBN “ISBN4-13-285579” is included. For this reason, the equipment information generation unit 261 refers to the entire bibliographic information management table 111, and as a breakdown book of this set, “North Pole Exploration Vol. 1”, “North Pole Exploration Vol. 2” and “North Pole Exploration Vol. 3” "Bibliographic record of".

  [Step S34] The equipment information generation unit 261 generates an equipment record using the bibliographic record of the acquired breakdown book and adds it to the equipment information management table. The equipment information generation unit 261 can identify the equipment information management table to which the newly generated equipment record should be added by referring to the library code included in the order record.

  For example, when the library code included in the extracted order record is “12501”, the equipment information generation unit 261 equips the equipment information generated by this code with the equipment information about the library 20 associated with the library code “12501”. Add to the management table 231. The number of records to be added is the number obtained by multiplying the number of sets by the number of book items. At this stage, the item indicating the material code of the equipment record is not set. The equipment information generation unit 261 sets information indicating processed in the order record for which the generation of the equipment record has been completed.

  [Step S35] The equipment information generation unit 261 generates an equipment record of the corresponding book based on the acquired order record and adds it to the equipment information management table. The equipment information management table to be added can be specified by the library code included in the order record as described in step S34. The number of records to be added is the number of quantities set in the order record. At this stage, the item indicating the material code of the equipment record is not set. The equipment information generation unit 261 sets information indicating processed in the order record for which the generation of the equipment record has been completed.

  [Step S <b> 36] The equipment information generation unit 261 determines whether there is an unprocessed (material code not set) order record among the order records included in the order information management table 221. If not, the process proceeds to step S37. If it exists, the process proceeds to step S31.

[Step S37] The equipment information generation unit 261 extracts one equipment record for which no material code is set from the equipment information management tables 231, 232, and 233.
For example, for the two order records exemplified in the order information management table 221, immediately after the processing of steps S31 to S36, a total of eight equipment records with no material code set are added to the equipment information management table 231. Will be. The equipment information generation unit 261 extracts one of these equipment records for which no material code is set from the equipment information management table 231 one by one, and sets the material code by the following processing.

  [Step S38] The equipment information generation unit 261 refers to the final material code management table 231a stored in the equipment information storage unit 230 and acquires the final material code for the library corresponding to the equipment record to be processed. The equipment information generation unit 261 updates the final material code according to a predetermined rule, and generates a new material code. For example, it is conceivable to generate “AD03-16171” by adding 1 to the numerical value part of the final material code of “AD03-16170”. The equipment information generation unit 261 sets the material code generated in this way in the equipment record extracted in step S37.

[Step S39] The equipment information generation unit 261 overwrites the material code generated in the final material code management table 231a as the final material code.
[Step S40] The equipment information generation unit 261 determines whether or not there is an unprocessed equipment record (that is, no material code is set) in the equipment information management tables 231, 232, and 233. If not, the process proceeds to step S41. If it exists, the process proceeds to step S37.

  [Step S <b> 41] The equipment information transmission unit 262 transmits an unsent equipment record among the equipment information management tables 231, 232, and 233 stored in the equipment information storage unit 230 to the center server 100 at a predetermined timing. As the transmission timing, for example, a timing at which a new equipment record is stored in the equipment information storage unit 230 can be considered. It is also conceivable to transmit at a predetermined cycle (for example, daily).

  In this way, the sales company server 200 generates the equipment information based on the order information received from the center server 100. The equipment information is used as original data for data to be given to books in equipment work at the book sales company 60, and is also used by the center server 100 to generate holding information and library-specific bibliographic information.

Next, the library-specific information generation process of the center server 100 shown in step S5 of FIG. 20 will be described.
FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing library-specific information generation processing. In the following, the process illustrated in FIG. 23 will be described in order of step number.

  [Step S51] The equipment information reception unit 161 receives newly generated equipment information from the sales company server 200. The equipment information receiving unit 161 outputs the received equipment information to the library-specific information generating unit 162. The library-specific information generation unit 162 acquires equipment information from the equipment information reception unit 161.

[Step S52] The library-specific information generation unit 162 extracts one unprocessed equipment record from the acquired equipment information.
[Step S53] The library-specific information generation unit 162 extracts the library code and ISBN included in the equipment record.

  [Step S54] The library-specific information generation unit 162 acquires a library-specific bibliographic information management table corresponding to the library code from the library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120. For example, when the library code “12501” is acquired from the equipment record, the library-specific information generation unit 162 acquires the library-specific bibliographic information management table 121 of the library 20 corresponding to the library code “12501”. The library-specific information generation unit 162 searches the library-specific bibliographic information management table using the ISBN acquired in step S52 as a key.

  [Step S55] The library-specific information generation unit 162 determines whether a corresponding record exists as a result of the search. If not, the process proceeds to step S56. If it exists, the process proceeds to step S58.

  [Step S56] The library-specific information generation unit 162 searches the full bibliographic information management table 111 stored in the full bibliographic information storage unit 110 using ISBN as a key, and acquires a bibliographic record of the corresponding book.

  [Step S57] The library-specific information generation unit 162 adds the acquired bibliographic record to the library-specific bibliographic information management table of the library specified by the library code acquired in step S52.

[Step S58] The library-specific information generation unit 162 acquires a bibliographic record of the book acquired as a result of the search from the library-specific bibliographic information management table.
[Step S59] The library-specific information generation unit 162 generates a holding record for the book based on the bibliographic record and the equipment record acquired in step S56 or S58.

  [Step S60] The library-specific information generation unit 162 sets the book of the generated possession record to the provisional possession state (temporary possession flag “1”). Further, the library-specific information generation unit 162 sets the lending status of the generated possession record to “lending reservation is possible”. The library-specific information generation unit 162 adds the holding records generated to the holding information management table of the corresponding library in the holding information storage unit 130. The library-specific information generation unit 162 sets the processed record to the equipment record that has been created.

  [Step S61] The library-specific information generation unit 162 determines whether there is an unprocessed equipment record in the acquired equipment information. If not, complete the process. If it exists, the process proceeds to step S52.

  In this way, the center server 100 generates bibliographic information and holding information for each library based on the equipment information acquired from the sales company server 200. By making this information available at the time of acquisition of equipment information, library staff can search for collections (but the status of temporary collections) using bibliographic information by library and edit collection information to deliver books. This can be done in advance. In addition, library users can make a reservation for lending a book prior to delivery of the book.

Next, the shipping information generation process of the sales company server 200 shown in step S7 of FIG. 20 will be described.
FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the shipping information generation process. In the following, the process illustrated in FIG. 24 will be described in order of step number.

  [Step S <b> 71] The shipping information generation unit 271 refers to the equipment information management tables 231, 232, and 233 stored in the equipment information storage unit 230. Note that, for example, this processing may be performed at the timing when the equipment completion flag in the equipment information management tables 231, 232, and 233 is updated or at a predetermined cycle (for example, daily).

  [Step S <b> 72] The shipping information generation unit 271 determines whether or not there is an equipment information management table 231, 232, 233 for which all equipment belonging to the same order number has an equipment completion flag set to “1”. To do. If it exists, the process proceeds to step S73. If not, complete the process.

[Step S73] The shipping information generation unit 271 acquires the order number set in the equipment record detected in Step S72.
In the example of the equipment information management table 231 in FIG. 13, the equipment completion flag “1” is set for the two records in which the order number “10701” is set. Therefore, the shipping information generation unit 271 acquires the order number “10701”. On the other hand, among the six records set with the order number “10702”, the equipment completion flag “1” has 3 records, and the equipment completion flag “0” has 3 records. This indicates that the equipment work of all the books to be ordered with the order number “10702” has not been completed. Therefore, the order number “10702” is not an acquisition target in this step.

  [Step S74] The shipping information generation unit 271 refers to the order information management table 221 stored in the order information storage unit 220, and acquires an order record corresponding to the acquired order number. The shipping information generation unit 271 generates a shipping record based on the order record.

[Step S75] The shipping information generation unit 271 adds the generated shipping record to the shipping information management table 241 stored in the shipping information storage unit 240.
[Step S76] The shipping information transmitting unit 272 transmits the shipping record newly added to the shipping information management table 241 to the center server 100. The transmission timing may be a timing at which a shipping record is added to the shipping information management table 241 or may be a predetermined cycle (for example, daily).

  In this manner, the sales company server 200 identifies the books for which the installation work has been completed for each order number, and generates shipping information. By transmitting the shipping information, it is possible to notify the center server 100 that the books to be ordered are ready for shipping.

  It should be noted that the shipping information is transmitted at the timing when the installation work is completed (when the preparation for shipping is completed). However, not limited to such timing, it is also conceivable to transmit the shipping information to the center server 100 at the timing when the shipping is actually completed.

Next, the holding information update process of the center server 100 shown in step S8 of FIG. 20 will be described.
FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the holding information update process. In the following, the process illustrated in FIG. 25 will be described in order of step number.

  [Step S81] The shipping information receiver 171 receives the shipping information from the sales company server 200. The shipping information receiving unit 171 outputs the received shipping information to the library-specific information generating unit 162.

[Step S82] The library-specific information generation unit 162 extracts one unprocessed shipping record from the acquired shipping information.
[Step S83] The library-specific information generation unit 162 determines whether or not the set ISBN is set in the acquired shipping record. If so, the process advances to step S84. If there is no setting, the process proceeds to step S86.

  [Step S84] The library-specific information generation unit 162 searches the library-specific bibliographic information management table stored in the library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120 using the set ISBN included in the shipping record as a key. For example, when the library code included in the shipping information is “12501”, the library-specific bibliographic information management table 121 is searched. However, the full bibliographic information management table 111 stored in the full bibliographic information storage unit 110 may be searched.

[Step S85] The library-specific information generation unit 162 obtains the bibliographic number of the breakdown book of the set from the library-specific information management table.
[Step S86] The library-specific information generation unit 162 searches the library-specific bibliographic information management table stored in the library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120 using the ISBN included in the shipping record as a key. For example, when the library code included in the shipping information is “12501”, the library-specific bibliographic information management table 121 is searched. However, the full bibliographic information management table 111 stored in the full bibliographic information storage unit 110 may be searched.

[Step S87] The library-specific information generation unit 162 extracts a library code included in the shipping record.
[Step S88] The library-specific information generation unit 162 refers to the holding information storage unit 130 and searches the holding information management table corresponding to the library code using the bibliographic number as a key. At this time, the holding record to be searched is a record in which the temporary holding flag “1” is set.

  [Step S89] The library-specific information generation unit 162 sets the temporary holding flag of the holding records extracted as a result of the search from “1” to “0”. The library-specific information generation unit 162 sets processed to the processed shipping record.

  [Step S90] The library-specific information generation unit 162 determines whether there is an unprocessed equipment record in the acquired shipping information. If not, complete the process. If it exists, the process proceeds to step S82.

  Thus, when the center server 100 receives the shipping information from the sales company server 200, the center server 100 operates the holding information to cancel the temporary holding state of the book specified by the shipping information. The center server 100 can appropriately manage books in the temporary holding state in the holding information using the temporary holding flag.

  Note that there may be a case where the holding record cannot be specified only by the bibliographic number and the temporary holding flag (“1”), such as when the same book is ordered several times. In that case, the material code of the equipment information received last time may be acquired from the order number included in the shipping information, and the corresponding holding record may be identified from the material code.

  In addition, when each processing of steps S4 and S7 by the sales company server 200 shown in FIG. 20 is performed by batch processing such as daily, it is considered that these processing are executed at a time. In this case, the center server 100 may simultaneously receive equipment information and shipping information for the same order number from the sales company server 200. In this case, the center server 100 may execute the processes of steps S5 and S8 in order.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a user's book search and lending process. The library 20 is provided with book search terminals 25 and 26 for searching for books that the user wants to borrow.
In this library system, when the center server 100 receives equipment information from the sales company server 200 for the ordered books, the center server 100 can use bibliographic information by library and holding information including information on the ordered books. It becomes. At this time, the temporary possession flag “1” is set in the possession record for the newly ordered book. In addition, “rental reservation is possible” is set in the lending status of the book. As a result, the staff of the library 20 can browse and operate information on the book. In addition, the user can make a lending reservation for the book.

  In this way, the staff of the library 20 can search the collections and edit the collection information at an early timing, thereby improving convenience. For example, when procurement by the book sales company 60 is delayed due to physical distribution, work on the ordered books can be performed in advance. In addition, the user can search for book information at an early timing and make a reservation for lending. For this reason, user convenience is improved.

  By using the temporary holding flag, it is possible to temporarily change between a library staff that can be browsed and operated by the library and a library user that cannot be browsed, and a library staff and user that can browse the library. It may be possible to control by holding flag. For example, at the timing when the center server 100 receives the equipment information, only the library staff can browse the information of the book being ordered and edit the holding information, and the search of the book by the user is not accepted. And it is also considered that the center server 100 can accept a search by a user and make a lending reservation at the timing when the shipping information is received.

  In this case, for example, the lending status of the book with the temporary holding flag “1” in the holding information management table 131 is set to “not available for lending reservation”. Then, at the timing when the temporary holding flag becomes “0”, the lending status is set to “lending reservation is possible”. In this way, the timing for making a reservation for lending can be changed as appropriate in accordance with the operation method of the library.

  Further, the user can search for information on the books in the library 20, and such a search is performed on the library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120. For this reason, the search process can be performed at a higher speed than the search for the entire bibliographic information storage unit 110.

  After that, when the book is delivered from the book sales company 60, the center server 100 can already use the library-specific bibliographic information and the holding information including the information of the book. For this reason, the staff of the library 20 does not need to perform the operation | work which registers the book delivered after delivery as a collection. Thereby, the work burden of the staff of the library 20 can be reduced.

  In addition, when a book search is received from a user from the book search terminals 25 and 26 installed in the library, a specific book can be excluded from books displayed as a search result based on the filter condition. Specifically, the center server 100 does not display a book that belongs to the filter condition (filter target classification) set in the classification filter table 113 as a search result. Alternatively, the center server 100 does not display a book related to the filter condition (filter target character string) set in the character string filter table 114 as a search result. Further, the filter condition related to the book selection process and the filter condition related to the search process may not be the same. With this configuration, books that are undesirable for the user can be excluded from the search results.

[Third Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the third embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Differences from the second embodiment will be mainly described, and description of similar matters will be omitted.

  In 2nd Embodiment, the case where the equipment information was produced | generated by the book sales company 60 was illustrated. In this case, when generating the holding information of the libraries 20, 30, 40 on the center server 100 side, whether the equipment records for all the booklets ordered are included correctly in the equipment information received from the sales company server 200. Is a problem. That is, the case where the equipment records are not correctly included is a case where the number of equipment records included in the equipment information is excessive or insufficient with respect to the number of books ordered.

  Here, the equipment record is a record having items such as the above-described material code, ISBN, and book name. If the center server 100 does not correctly acquire the material code used for managing the booklet from the sales company server 200, the center server 100 cannot perform library book management. For example, it is conceivable that the order contents are not properly acquired on the book sales company 60 side due to an error on the system when the order content is not correctly registered on the book sales company 60 side.

  In response to this problem, in the third embodiment, in addition to the function shown in the second embodiment, the center server 100 further has a function of checking whether the equipment record for the ordered book is properly received. provide.

Hereinafter, such a library system will be described in detail.
The overall configuration of the library system according to the third embodiment is the same as the overall configuration of the library system according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. The hardware configuration of the center server, the sales company server, and the terminal device of the third embodiment is the same as that of the center server 100 of the second embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of each device according to the third embodiment. The terminal device 21 has the same configuration as the terminal device 21 of the second embodiment shown in FIG.
The center server 100a includes a bibliographic information storage unit 110, a library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120, a holding information storage unit 130, an order information storage unit 140, a selection screen providing unit 151, an input information acquisition unit 152, a book information search unit 153, The order information receiving unit 154a, the order information transmitting unit 155, the equipment information receiving unit 161, the library-specific information generating unit 162, the equipment information inspecting unit 163, the alarm notifying unit 164, and the shipping information receiving unit 171 are provided. Each of these functions is realized by the CPU 101 executing a predetermined program. Note that all or at least a part of these functions can be realized by dedicated hardware.

  Here, the entire bibliographic information storage unit 110, the library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120, the holding information storage unit 130, the selection screen providing unit 151, the input information acquisition unit 152, the book information search unit 153, the order information transmission unit 155, the equipment information The receiving unit 161, the library-specific information generating unit 162, and the shipping information receiving unit 171 have the same configurations as those described with reference to FIG. However, in FIG. 27, the relation lines between the whole bibliographic information storage unit 110 and the book information search unit 153 are not shown. Also, the relational lines between the library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120 and the book information search unit 153 are not shown.

  That is, the center server 100a of the third embodiment is different from the center server 100 in that it includes an order information storage unit 140, an order information reception unit 154a, an equipment information inspection unit 163, and an alarm notification unit 164.

The order information storage unit 140 stores the order information received by the order information receiving unit 154a.
The order information receiving unit 154 a adds additional information such as an order number and a library code for identifying an order to the order information acquired from the input information acquisition unit 152 and outputs the added order information to the order information transmission unit 155. In addition, the order information receiving unit 154a stores the order information added with the additional information in the order information storage unit 140.

  Based on the equipment information received from the equipment information receiving unit 161 and the ordering information stored in the ordering information storage unit 140, the equipment information inspecting unit 163 appropriately selects the equipment records for all booklets of the ordered books. Inspect whether it can be obtained. Details of the inspection method will be described later. When it is determined that the equipment information inspection unit 163 has been appropriately acquired, the equipment information inspection unit 163 outputs the acquired equipment information to the library-specific information generation unit 162. If not properly acquired, the alarm notification unit 164 is notified of the excess or deficiency of the equipment records.

  When the alarm notification unit 164 receives notification of excess / deficiency of equipment records, the alarm notification unit 164 issues an alarm indicating excess / deficiency of equipment records and transmits the alarm to the sales company server 200a. The alarm notification unit 164 also transmits a similar alarm to the library 20. For example, it is conceivable to send an e-mail including alarm contents to the staff of the library 20. In addition, it is conceivable that the content of the alarm is displayed on the selection GUI by the selection screen providing unit 151.

  The sales company server 200a includes a bibliographic information storage unit 210, an order information storage unit 220, an equipment information storage unit 230, a shipping information storage unit 240, an order information reception unit 251, an equipment information generation unit 261, an equipment information transmission unit 262, and an alarm notification. Unit 263, shipping information generation unit 271, and shipping information transmission unit 272. Each of these functions is realized by executing a predetermined program by the CPU provided in the sales company server 200a. Note that all or at least a part of these functions can be realized by dedicated hardware.

  Here, the entire bibliographic information storage unit 210, the order information storage unit 220, the equipment information storage unit 230, the shipping information storage unit 240, the order information receiving unit 251, the equipment information generation unit 261, the equipment information transmission unit 262, and the shipping information generation unit. The configuration 271 and the shipping information transmission unit 272 are the same as those described with the same reference numerals in FIG. However, in FIG. 27, the relationship line between the order information storage unit 220 and the shipping information generation unit 271 is not shown.

That is, the sales company server 200a of the third embodiment is different from the sales company server 200 in that it has an alarm notification unit 263.
When receiving an alarm from the center server 100a, the alarm notification unit 263 notifies that fact. As a notification method, for example, an error message is displayed on a monitor connected to the sales company server 200a. It can be displayed.

  Here, regarding the data structure of data stored in all bibliographic information storage unit 110, library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120, holding information storage unit 130, order information storage unit 220, equipment information storage unit 230, and shipping information storage unit 240. Is the same as each data structure described in FIGS. The data structure of the data stored in the order information storage unit 140 is the same as the data structure of the order information management table 221 stored in the order information storage unit 220.

Also, the configuration of the GUI for selection provided by the selection screen providing unit 151 is the same as the configuration of each screen described with reference to FIGS.
Therefore, these descriptions are omitted.

Next, a processing procedure relating to ordering of books in the library system having the above configuration will be described in detail.
FIG. 28 is a flowchart illustrating a book ordering process according to the third embodiment. In the following, the process illustrated in FIG. 28 will be described in order of step number.

  [Step S <b> 101] The terminal device 21 displays a login screen 310 on a monitor connected to the terminal device 21 in accordance with an operation input from the staff of the library 20. For example, the login screen 310 is provided as an HTML file or the like from the center server 100a and can be displayed via a Web browser. The terminal device 21 receives input of a user ID and password by a staff member of the library 20 and receives user authentication of the center server 100a.

  [Step S <b> 102] The center server 100 a provides the book search screen 320 to the terminal device 21. The center server 100a performs a search according to the character string received for the search from the terminal device 21, performs a filtering process on the result, and responds to the terminal device 21. Then, the center server 100a receives ordering information including information on a book determined as an ordering target by the terminal device 21. The center server 100a adds, to the ordering information received from the terminal device 21, information on the library code of the ordering library acquired from the order number and the user ID. The center server 100a stores the order information in the order information storage unit 140 and transmits it to the sales company server 200a.

  [Step S103] The sales company server 200a stores the order information received from the center server 100a in the order information storage unit 220. And the sales company server 200a arranges procurement of the book which received the order based on the order information.

  [Step S104] When the book procurement arrangement is completed, the sales company server 200a generates equipment information necessary for equipment work based on the order information. The sales company server 200a transmits the generated equipment information to the center server 100a.

  [Step S105] The center server 100a checks whether the received equipment information is excessive or insufficient based on the equipment information received from the sales company server 200a and the ordering information stored in the ordering information storage unit 140. Do.

  [Step S106] The center server 100a generates library-specific bibliographic information and holding information based on the equipment information received from the sales company server 200a. In the holding information, it is set that the corresponding book is in a temporary holding state. In addition, the holding information is set so that the book can be reserved for lending. Thereafter, the staff of the library 20 can search for collections based on library-specific bibliographic information and edit collection information prior to delivery of books. In addition, the user of the library 20 can make a rental reservation for the book.

  [Step S107] The book sales company 60 performs equipment work for the procured books. The management terminal device that manages the equipment work changes the equipment completion flag of the corresponding book in the equipment information management table 231 stored in the equipment information storage unit 231 to indicate that the equipment has been completed.

  [Step S108] The sales company server 200a refers to the equipment information management table 231 stored in the equipment information storage unit 230, and is ready for shipping when equipment for all books included in one order number is completed. To generate shipping information. The sales company server 200a transmits the generated shipping information to the center server 100a.

[Step S109] Upon receiving the shipping information from the sales company server 200a, the center server 100a cancels the temporary holding state of the books included in the shipping information.
In this way, the center server 100a performs the equipment information inspection process prior to the library-specific information generation process in step S106. This makes it possible to properly grasp the excess or deficiency of the equipment information before generating the holding information.

Note that the detailed processing procedures of steps S102, S104, S106, S108, and S109 are the same as those described with the same processing names in FIGS.
However, in the order receiving process in step S102, after adding an order number or the like to the order information in step S25 shown in FIG. 21, the order information receiving unit 154a stores the order information management table stored in the order information storage unit 140. Add a new order record to

In the process of step S106, the library-specific information generation unit 162 acquires the equipment information via the equipment information inspection unit 163.
Hereinafter, the process of step S105 will be described in detail.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing the equipment information inspection process. In the following, the process illustrated in FIG. 29 will be described in order of step number.
[Step S111] The equipment information receiving unit 161 receives newly generated equipment information from the sales company server 200. The equipment information receiving unit 161 outputs the received equipment information to the equipment information inspection unit 163. The equipment information inspection unit 163 acquires equipment information from the equipment information reception unit 161.

[Step S112] The equipment information inspection unit 163 extracts one unprocessed equipment record from the acquired equipment information.
[Step S113] The equipment information inspection unit 163 acquires the order number included in the equipment record.

[Step S114] The equipment information inspection unit 163 acquires the number of equipment records having the same order number as the acquired order number.
For example, if the acquired equipment information includes two records with the order number “10701” including the record extracted in step S112, the equipment information inspection unit 163 acquires the equipment record number “2”.

  Further, for example, if the acquired equipment information includes six records with the order number “10702” including the record extracted in step S112, the equipment information inspection unit 163 acquires the number of equipment records “6”. To do.

  [Step S115] The equipment information inspection unit 163 refers to the order information management table stored in the order information storage unit 140, and acquires an order record having the same order number as the acquired order number.

  [Step S116] The equipment information inspection unit 163 determines whether or not the set ISBN is set in the acquired order record. If so, the process advances to step S117. If there is no setting, the process proceeds to step S119.

  [Step S117] The equipment information inspection unit 163 searches the library-specific bibliographic information management table stored in the library-specific bibliographic information storage unit 120 using the set ISBN as a key, and acquires the number of breakdown books of the set. For example, when the library code included in the shipping information is “12501”, the library-specific bibliographic information management table 121 is searched.

  For example, when the set ISBN is “ISBN4-13-285579”, the number of books included in the set is acquired by referring to the library-specific bibliographic information management table 121. This can be obtained from the fact that there are three bibliographic records in which the set ISBN is set and the ISBN is set.

However, if the corresponding record does not exist in the library-specific bibliographic information management table 121, the full bibliographic information management table 111 stored in the full bibliographic information storage unit 110 is searched.
[Step S118] The equipment information inspection unit 163 calculates the total number of orders by multiplying the order quantity included in the order record by the number of breakdown books acquired in Step S117.

For example, if “2” is set in the quantity item of the order record and the number of breakdown books is “3”, the total number of orders is “2 × 3 = 6”.
[Step S119] The equipment information inspection unit 163 acquires the order quantity included in the order record as the total number of orders.

[Step S120] The equipment information inspection unit 163 compares the number of equipment records acquired in step S114 with the total number of orders acquired in step S118 or step S119.
[Step S121] If the number of equipment records is equal to the total number of orders, the equipment information inspection unit 163 advances the process to Step S122. If the number of equipment records is not equal to the total number of orders, the process proceeds to step S123.

  [Step S122] The equipment information inspection unit 163 outputs the equipment record of the processed order number to the library-specific information generation unit 162. Note that the equipment information inspection unit 163 sets “processed” to all the output equipment records.

  [Step S123] The equipment information inspection unit 163 notifies the alarm notification unit 164 that the equipment record has not been correctly acquired. The alarm notification unit 164 transmits an alarm to the sales company server 200a and the terminal devices 21, 22, and 23. The contents of the alarm may be a message indicating that the order number of the corresponding order or the equipment record has not been acquired correctly.

  [Step S124] The equipment information inspection unit 163 determines whether there is an unprocessed equipment record in the acquired equipment information. If not, complete the process. If it exists, the process proceeds to step S112.

  In this way, when the center server 100a receives the equipment information from the sales company server 200a, the center server 100a checks whether or not the equipment record has been properly acquired. If the equipment record is excessive or deficient, the fact is transmitted as an alarm to the sales server 200a and the terminal devices 21, 22, and 23.

As a result, the same effects as those of the second embodiment can be realized, and the following effects can be further obtained.
FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating alarm notification by the center server. The center server 100a notifies the sales company server 200a and the terminal devices 21, 22, and 23 of an alarm indicating the excess or deficiency of the equipment records.

  The book sales company 60 can appropriately acquire an equipment record by checking an e-mail received from the sales server 200a or by checking an alarm message notified via a monitor connected to the sales server 200a. Figure out that not. In response to this alarm, the book sales company 60 can quickly identify the reason why the equipment record is not properly acquired, and can deal with the book for which the order is currently being received.

  For example, it is possible to quickly grasp and repair the system error that is the cause. In addition, for example, it is possible to review the equipment process for books whose equipment records are excessive or insufficient. As a result, it is possible to reduce delivery mistakes for books that have been ordered.

Further, since the center server 100a can detect the excess or deficiency of the equipment records, the confirmation work by the staff of the library 20 is reduced.
In the library 20, a message indicating the content of the alarm from the center server 100a is confirmed by e-mail or the like. Thereby, in the library 20, it can grasp | ascertain beforehand that the excess and deficiency of the equipment record occurred in the equipment work of the book sales company 60. FIG.

  When the book specified by the order number included in the alarm is delivered, it is possible to prompt the user to confirm whether the label indicating the document code or the like is correctly given to the book. On the other hand, when the equipment record is excessive, the center server 100 notifies an alarm and inquires the sales company server 200 about the equipment record including the material code that is not used for the equipment of the book among the excessive equipment records. Based on the response, the center server 100 may reflect only an appropriate equipment record in the holding information storage unit 130.

  With the above processing, it is possible to prevent a situation in which books cannot be individually managed due to the delivery of books whose equipment records are not reflected in the holding information storage unit 130 in the library. In addition, information related to books that are not actually held is stored in the holding information storage unit 130, so that it is possible to prevent the library staff from being confused by inventory.

The following additional notes are further disclosed with respect to the embodiments including the first to third embodiments.
(Supplementary note 1) A library management method executed by a computer that communicates with an ordering device for ordering a book and an order receiving device for ordering the book,
The computer is
Storing bibliographic information of the first book held by the library in a second storage unit corresponding to the library among the bibliographic information of each of the plurality of books stored in the first storage unit;
Receiving ordering information of a second book that is not held by the library from the ordering device;
Transmitting the received ordering information of the second book and a library code for identifying the library of the ordering source to the order receiving device;
Receiving, from the order receiving device, shipping information on the second book and the library code;
A step of storing the bibliographic information of the second book stored in the first storage unit in the second storage unit corresponding to the library based on the received shipping information and the library code. When,
A library management method characterized by performing

(Supplementary Note 2) Information for identifying each booklet of the second book delivered to the library in the step of receiving the shipping information and the library information, and a material code different from the bibliographic information Further received
The computer further comprises:
Storing the received material code in a third storage unit;
Associating the bibliographic information of the second book stored in the second storage unit with the material code stored in the third storage unit;
The method for managing a library according to appendix 1, wherein:

(Additional remark 3) The said 3rd memory | storage part matches with the said material code, and memorize | stores the rental status information of the said 2nd book, The management method of the library of Additional remark 2 characterized by the above-mentioned.
(Supplementary Note 4) When the computer stores the received material code in the third storage unit, information indicating that the second book can be lent is further used as the rent status information. The library management method according to appendix 3, wherein the step of writing in the storage unit is executed.

(Supplementary Note 5) The third storage unit stores another material code for identifying the booklet of the first book one by one in association with the bibliographic information of the first book,
The computer further comprises:
Receiving a book search request from the ordering device;
Extracting the bibliographic information of the first book associated with the other material code from the second storage unit based on the received search request;
Transmitting the extraction result to the ordering device;
The library management method according to any one of appendices 2 to 4, characterized in that:

  (Supplementary Note 6) Based on the received search request, the computer further includes bibliographic information of a third book that is not associated with any of the material code and the other material code among the plurality of books. The library management method according to appendix 5, wherein the step of extracting from the first storage unit is executed.

(Supplementary note 7) The computer further includes:
Receiving new bibliographic information generated by the order receiving device from the order receiving device;
Storing the received new bibliographic information in the first storage unit;
The library management method according to any one of appendices 1 to 6, wherein:

(Supplementary note 8) The library management method according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 7, wherein the bibliographic information of the second book includes information processed by the order receiving device.
(Supplementary Note 9) The computer further includes:
Receiving original information about the second book from the order receiving device;
Processing the received original information into bibliographic information of the second book and storing it in the first storage unit;
The library management method according to any one of appendices 1 to 7, wherein the library management method is executed.

(Supplementary note 10) The library management method according to supplementary note 9, wherein the bibliographic information of the second book is information obtained by deleting a part of the information included in the original information.
(Supplementary note 11) The library management method according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 10, wherein the bibliographic information stored in the first storage unit includes information indicating a keyword and a book classification. .

(Supplementary Note 12) The computer further includes:
Receiving a search keyword from the ordering device;
Obtaining the classification information corresponding to the library with reference to a fourth storage unit in which the classification information indicating the classification of each of the plurality of libraries including the library is stored;
Obtaining the designated classification information corresponding to the obtained classification information with reference to a fifth storage unit in which the classification information and designated classification information related to the book classification to be searched are stored in association with each other;
Extracting bibliographic information of a book to be provided as an extraction result for the search keyword out of the plurality of books based on the received search keyword and the designated classification information;
The method of managing a library according to appendix 11, wherein:

(Supplementary Note 13) The computer further includes:
Receiving designated classification information related to a book classification to be searched from the ordering device;
Storing the received designated classification information in association with the library in a fourth storage unit in which the designated classification information of each of a plurality of libraries is stored;
Receiving a search keyword from the ordering device;
Based on the received search keyword and the specified classification information corresponding to the library stored in the fourth storage unit, the search keyword is extracted from the plurality of books from the first storage unit. Extracting bibliographic information of the books to be provided as a result;
The method of managing a library according to appendix 11, wherein:

(Supplementary Note 14) The designated classification information includes information indicating a book classification to be excluded from a search target,
The computer further executes a step of transmitting the extraction result from which books of the book classification specified by the specified classification information are excluded to the ordering device.
14. The library management method according to appendix 12 or 13, characterized in that:

(Supplementary note 15) A library management method executed by a computer that communicates with an ordering device for ordering a book and an order receiving device for ordering the book,
The computer is
Storing bibliographic information of each of a plurality of books including the first book, the second book, and the third book in a storage unit;
Storing the bibliographic information of the first book held by the first library among the bibliographic information stored in the storage unit in a first child storage unit corresponding to the first library;
Storing the bibliographic information of the second book held by the second library among the bibliographic information stored in the storage unit in a second child storage unit corresponding to the second library;
Receiving from the ordering device ordering information of the third book not owned by the first library;
Transmitting the ordering information of the third book to the order receiving device;
Receiving a library code identifying the first library of the ordering source from the order receiving device;
Based on the received library code, storing the bibliographic information of the third book stored in the storage unit in the first child storage unit corresponding to the first library;
A library management method characterized by performing

(Supplementary Note 16) In the step of receiving the library code,
Along with the library code, receiving the delivery information of the third book for the order information,
In storing the bibliographic information of the third book in the first child storage unit,
The library management method according to appendix 15, wherein the bibliographic information of the third book is stored in the first child storage unit based on the shipping information together with the library code.

(Supplementary note 17) An ordering device for ordering a book and a library management device for communicating with an order receiving device for ordering the book,
Among the bibliographic information of each of the plurality of books stored in the bibliographic information storage unit, a child bibliographic information storage unit that stores bibliographic information of the first book related to the library;
The order information of the second book that is not held by the library among the plurality of books is received from the ordering device, the order information of the second book is transmitted to the order receiving device, and the ordering information is further received. A communication unit that receives the shipping information of the book of 2 and the library code for identifying the library of the ordering source from the order receiving device;
Based on the shipping information received by the communication unit and the library code, the bibliographic information of the second book stored in the bibliographic information storage unit is stored in the child bibliographic information storage unit corresponding to the library. An instruction part to perform,
A library management device characterized by comprising:

(Additional remark 18) The said communication part is the information which identifies the booklet of the said 2nd book delivered to the said library one by one from the said order receiving apparatus, Comprising: The data code different from the said bibliographic information is further received. ,
A holding information storage unit for storing the material code;
The material code received by the communication unit is stored in the holding information storage unit, the bibliographic information of the second book stored in the child bibliographic information storage unit and the material code stored in the holding information storage unit And an associating unit for associating
The library management apparatus according to appendix 17, characterized in that:

(Supplementary note 19) The library management device according to supplementary note 18, wherein the holding information storage unit stores lending status information of the second book in association with the material code.
(Supplementary Note 20) When the association unit stores the received material code in the holding information storage unit, information indicating that the second book can be lent is stored in the holding information storage unit as the lending status information. The library management apparatus according to appendix 19, wherein writing is performed.

(Supplementary Note 21) The holding information storage unit stores other material codes for identifying the booklet of the first book one by one in association with the bibliographic information of the first book,
The communication unit receives a search request for a book from the ordering device;
A search unit that extracts the bibliographic information of the first book associated with the other material code from the child bibliographic information storage unit based on the received search request;
The communication unit transmits the extraction result of the search unit to the ordering device;
The library management apparatus according to any one of appendices 18 to 20, wherein the management apparatus is a library.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Library management apparatus 1a, 1b Storage part 1c Communication part 1d Command part 2 Ordering apparatus 3 Order receiving apparatus

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A library management method executed by a computer that communicates with an ordering device for ordering a book and an order receiving device for ordering the book,
The computer is
Storing bibliographic information of the first book held by the library in a second storage unit corresponding to the library among the bibliographic information of each of the plurality of books stored in the first storage unit;
Receiving ordering information of a second book that is not held by the library from the ordering device;
Transmitting the received ordering information of the second book and a library code for identifying the library of the ordering source to the order receiving device;
Receiving the shipping information and the library code transmitted from the order receiving device at a timing when the second book is shipped or before the second book is sent ;
A step of storing the bibliographic information of the second book stored in the first storage unit in the second storage unit corresponding to the library based on the received shipping information and the library code. When,
A library management method characterized by performing In the step of receiving the shipping information and the library code, the information further identifies a booklet of the second book delivered to the library one by one, and further receives a material code different from the bibliographic information. ,
The computer further comprises:
Storing the received material code in a third storage unit;
Associating the bibliographic information of the second book stored in the second storage unit with the material code stored in the third storage unit;
The library management method according to claim 1, wherein:   3. The library management method according to claim 2, wherein the third storage unit stores lending status information of the second book in association with the material code.   When the computer stores the received material code in the third storage unit, information indicating that the second book can be lent is further stored in the third storage unit as the lending status information. 4. The library management method according to claim 3, wherein a writing step is executed. The third storage unit stores another material code for identifying the booklet of the first book one by one in association with the bibliographic information of the first book,
The computer further comprises:
Receiving a book search request from the ordering device;
Extracting the bibliographic information of the first book associated with the other material code from the second storage unit based on the received search request;
Transmitting the extraction result to the ordering device;
The library management method according to claim 2, wherein the library management method is executed.   Based on the received search request, the computer further selects bibliographic information of a third book that is not associated with either the material code or the other material code among the plurality of books. 6. The library management method according to claim 5, wherein the step of extracting from the storage unit is executed.   The library management method according to claim 1, wherein the bibliographic information stored in the first storage unit includes information indicating a keyword and a book classification. The computer further comprises:
Receiving a search keyword from the ordering device;
Obtaining the classification information corresponding to the library with reference to a fourth storage unit in which the classification information indicating the classification of each of the plurality of libraries including the library is stored;
Obtaining the designated classification information corresponding to the obtained classification information with reference to a fifth storage unit in which the classification information and designated classification information related to the book classification to be searched are stored in association with each other;
Extracting bibliographic information of a book to be provided as an extraction result for the search keyword out of the plurality of books based on the received search keyword and the designated classification information;
The library management method according to claim 7, wherein: A library management method executed by a computer that communicates with an ordering device for ordering a book and an order receiving device for ordering the book,
The computer is
Storing bibliographic information of each of a plurality of books including the first book, the second book, and the third book in a storage unit;
Storing the bibliographic information of the first book held by the first library among the bibliographic information stored in the storage unit in a first child storage unit corresponding to the first library;
Storing the bibliographic information of the second book held by the second library among the bibliographic information stored in the storage unit in a second child storage unit corresponding to the second library;
Receiving from the ordering device ordering information of the third book not owned by the first library;
Transmitting the ordering information of the third book to the order receiving device;
A library code for identifying the first library of the ordering source is received from the order receiving device, transmitted at a timing when the third book is sent or before the third book is sent. And steps to
Based on the received library code, storing the bibliographic information of the third book stored in the storage unit in the first child storage unit corresponding to the first library;
A library management method characterized by performing In the step of receiving the library code,
Along with the library code, receiving the delivery information of the third book for the order information,
In the step of storing the bibliographic information of the third book in the first child storage unit,
10. The library management method according to claim 9, wherein bibliographic information of the third book is stored in the first child storage unit based on the shipping information together with the library code. An ordering device for ordering a book and a library management device communicating with an order receiving device for ordering the book,
Among the bibliographic information of each of the plurality of books stored in the bibliographic information storage unit, a child bibliographic information storage unit that stores bibliographic information of the first book related to the library;
Ordering information for the second book to the library of the plurality of books are not holdings which receives from said ordering apparatus, and transmits order information of the second book to said order receiving device, further wherein the second The shipping information of the second book that has been ordered and the library code that identifies the library from which the order has been sent, which is transmitted at the time when the book is shipped or before the second book is shipped, A communication unit that receives from the order receiving device;
Based on the shipping information received by the communication unit and the library code, the bibliographic information of the second book stored in the bibliographic information storage unit is stored in the child bibliographic information storage unit corresponding to the library. An instruction part to perform,
A library management device characterized by comprising:

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