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Mazmin Mat AkhirUniversiti Malaysia Perlismazmin@unimap.edu.my

UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PERLIS: WHO ARE WE?

UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PERLIS

“THE WHOLE STATE OF PERLIS IN A UNIVERSITY”

Distributed campus across the state of Perlis

More than 28 locations across Perlis

The library operates in two locations; Kangar and Pauh

THE LIBRARY: A LANDMARK TO OUR NEW CAMPUS IN PAUH PUTRA

EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT USE OF ICT IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES & WORK PROCESSES

TEACHING - LEARNING

RESEARCH

ADMINISTRATIVE

10 YEARS OF PROVIDING SCHOLARLY INFORMATION TO

UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

Perpustakaan Utama UniMAPPauh Putra

(2011)

Perpustakaan Cawangan UniMAPKangar(2002)

Engineering, science & technology

Business and management

10 YEARS OF PROVIDING SCHOLARLY INFORMATION TO SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY

2003

Research databases

2007 2008 2009 2011

Federated Search engine

Bibliographic software

Citation Database

Institutional Repository

Teaching-learning tools

Collections analysis tools

Discovery toolsDiscovery toolsRemote access software

Discovery tools

THE IMPORTANCE OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES IN UNIMAP

This book was published by UniMAP Press in year 2010

It analyses the importance of electronic resources to UniMAP community

Distributed Campus Systems is the main factor which contributes to development and progress of electronic resources in UniMAP

80% of our academic staff are below age 35

TYPES OF ONLINE DATABASES @ UniMAP LIBRARY

Electronic journals43%

Electronic books26%

Citations6%

Dis-covery tools3%

Standards

6%

Ref-er-

ence14%

Theses3%

Percentage (%)

As of January 2012

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND ACQUISITIONS OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (2004-2012)

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

25 25

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47

60

66

72 7267

Percentage (%)

USE OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES @ UniMAP

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Number of Downloads (2004-2011)

Number of Downloads

STATISTICAL INDICATORS FOR ELECTRONIC ACCESS

Number of downloads, number of searches, number of sessions (COUNTER)

Determine relevant and highly used databases

Some relevant, unique databases are not optimized by users

Academic staff plays important role in promoting online databases (teaching-learning)

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DATA COLLECTION FOR DECISION MAKING: RENEWAL OR CANCELLATION?

ENHANCING ACCESS TO SCHOLARLY INFORMATION

Finding the right information at the right time

Finding scholarly information from peer review, high quality sources of information

Finding relevant information across local, regional and international sources

User-friendly platform

Reduce requirements for technical know-how

Reduce barrier towards publishers’ policies, subject specialization, types of contents, etc.

CUSTOMER’S PREFERENCES TOWARDS INDIVIDUAL DATABASES

“I use this database all the time...”

“I used to get relevant articles from this database. However, it does not cover topics on technological innovations”

“Does this database contains journal articles published by A?”

“I dont have enough articles on this topic. Usual databases did not managed to offer good articles”

“Which databases should I use to find information on nanotechnology?”

“I search Google all the time”

“I only need the library to subscribe to this database. Does’nt matter how much it is”

INTERNATIONAL, LOCAL, FEE BASED, FREE BASED, OPEN ACCESS ...

“ALL IN ONE SEARCH BOX”

SEARCH UNIMAP LIBRARY

All database

Database in my profile

Suggested resources

Selected databases

Help!

IN SEARCH OF EFFECTIVE SEARCHING PLATFORM

EXPECTED FEATURES OF Federated Search Engine (2008)

User friendly search platform

Present search results from all subscribed

databasesOne search box for all

Search box available on library website

Effective and efficient searching

tools

Attractive and presentable to attract users

Customizable Simple administration

Main access point and gateway

THE FIRST “SINGLE SEARCH” SOLUTION

Federated search engine

User friendly search platform

Variety of themes available for users to choose

Easy to use and attractive

Offers screen and interface customization

Easy to manage, administratively

Excellent support systems

Communicating with individual publishers in terms of technical issues is time consuming

THE SECOND “SINGLE SEARCH” SOLUTION

The chosen “integrated search” offers enhanced features in every manners

Critical Success Factor (CSF) :

Searching speed Competitive pricing Relevance / ranking Subject facets Visibility of integrated search box

READY-MADE SOLUTIONS FOR UniMAP LIBRARY

SEARCH UNIMAP LIBRARY

All databases

Databases in my profile

Suggested resources

Selected databases

Help!

Showcasing your resources

Resource sharing

Not just another subscribed resources

It’s visible on your univerity ‘s portal & library

websites

Conducive searchplatforms

Exploratory

Resourceful

Competitive technology

Moment of truth

Discover more!

Single search? Really?

Pre-indexed data

“LOOK LIKE EVERYTHING BELONG TO US”

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