Development of an Online Repository & Search Engine for College Alumni

Developing an online repository and search engine may not be a new concept but was very necessary for the Delta state university, Alumni located in Nigeria because prior to when the research was conducted there was no known way of storing Alumni data. This research thus was able to highlight the development of a repository and search engine to search for Alumni members. The research used ASP.NET in the programming. Alumni through the development of this online application, it went further to discuss the relevance of the application to alumni members of a college. The research gives detail on how one can search for an alumni and how and who can add an alumni to the database. This research is a timely piece as very detailed literature is seen in this area. Certain recommendations were however made colleges should see how they could link various alumni websites together and give room for collaboration between alumni of various universities.