Is there any kind of system (web or desktop) that allows managing a small librar

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Is there any kind of system (web or desktop) that allows managing a small library? Users that search for available books, then register taking them out and returning them, admins that add new books as they are bought, etc.?

I'm thinking of an app in a school/university/company that lets users take a book off a bookshelf and instead of asking someone else to register that they have taken the book, they would log in to the system and do that themselves.

Desired features:

It should be a website, or otherwise use Windows
Open source, or free, or free to try (EDIT: if it's paid, I need to be able to see an online demo)
Should handle up to 10000 users
Ability to search for books that discuss a particular topic

Nice to haves:

Users suggest books to buy, and based on these requests, the admin can buy those books that were demanded the most
Users can comment on books that they have read

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Desired features:

It should be a website, or otherwise use Windows: Sort of. It runs on a linux server, but hosts a website for its GUI that can be used from any computer
Open source, or free, or free to try: Open Source and Free as in Beer
Should handle up to 10000 users Yes,
Ability to search for books that discuss a particular topic Yes, I'm not sure if it actually links into systems that automatically fill in topic/keyword fields, but iof those fields are filled then it works.

I'm not certain as to how well it fits your nice to have feature list. (I've only had a little experience with it).

It does support barcode readers, and multiple simultaneous clients. It also supports search without having to log in. (So people can search from home, without having to get out there library card/membership details.)

It is however quiet a complex piece of software to setup and configure.

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