BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Information technology has been part of our lives, like for example in business, home, government offices and most especially the school. Most of the school today are using technology such as computers and gadgets whether private or in public schools. We are now in century of high technology. Many companies and school are spending their time efforts and money just to follow the trends in terms of technology and information. Since we are dealing in information technology, we propose a system not only for a database but to have a network-base Library system.
Based on this study, the researchers come up to develop a local area network or LAN-based library system for Metropolitan Academy of Manila which will enable the school to manage their students effectively and so gain more competitive advantage than previous.
August 1996 marks the beginning of the Metropolitan Academy of Manila (MAM0, formerly Metropolitan Christian School. It opened as a private school for kinder and Preparatory at #2224 Tejeron Street, Sta. Ana, Manila. Started with four teachers and held morning and afternoon session with twenty-three (23) Pupils – thirteen (13) kinder class and ten (10) for Preparatory class with one (1) room. Miss Beth de Vera handled the Kinder and Prep academic classes while Mrs. Fely Dulay and Miss Vivian Sulangi taught the Christian Values. Both Filipino were the language of instructions. The task of fulfilling the commission of the Lord Jesus Christ in spreading the gospel was placed under the dedicated leadership Ptr. Joel Y. Idurot as the Spiritual Director and Mrs. Juanita V. Tolentino as the Principal.
Metropolitan Academy of Manila operated temporarily as pre-elementary under the umbrella of PRE-ELEMENTARY of the PHILIPPINES (PEP) and then transferred to ASSOCIATION of CHRISTIAN EDUCATORS of the PHILIPPINES by year 1997 S.Y. 1997-1998, we had fifty seven enrolees. Mrs. Novemi Mejia-Laxa Computer and Christian Values Teacher,