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CONSAL XV in Bali-a personal perspective

Introduction Held every three years, hosted by a South East Asian country in

turn, the last Congress was held in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2009. This

year marks the fifteenth congress since CONSAL was formed in

Singapore in 1970. Malaysia had organised CONSAL twice, in

1981 and 1996, both times in Kuala Lumpur. The next Congress will

be held in Thailand in 2015. At the closing ceremony, the Thai Li-

brary Association President, Khunying Maenmas Chevalit an-

nounced that the Congress is likely to be held outside of Bang-

kok, probably Chiangmai. This is a welcome relief to those who

worry about the recurrence of the Bangkok floods of 2011.

Mention must be made of the National Anthem of Indonesia

sung by Indonesians present at the opening ceremony. It was

such a pleasure to listen to a national anthem beautifully sung in

unision and spirited harmony.

The fifteenth Congress of Southeast Asian

Librarians (CONSAL) was held in the exotic

island of Bali, Indonesia from 28 -31 May

2012. The actual conference was held over

two days from 29 -30 May 2012 at the Dis-

covery Kartika Plaza Hotel in Kuta, Bali, a

five-star about 15 minutes from Denpasar

International Airport. The Congress was offi-

ciated by the Coordinating Minister of Peo-

ple’s Welfare in the presence of the Dep-

uty Governor of Bali and the Director-

General of the National Library of Indone-

sia, Madame Sri Sularsih. The President of

the Librarians Association of Malaysia

(PPM), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Sharif Saad

and the Director–General, National Library

of Malaysia, Dato’ Raslin Abu Bakar, as

well as The Presidents of CONSAL National

Library Associations and Director-Generals

of CONSAL National Libraries attended the

CONSAL Board meetings and conference.

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MAJLIS PERSATUAN PUSTAKAWAN

Malaysia SESI 2012-2014

Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd. Sharif Mohd Saad

(Yang Dipertua)

Dato’ Raslin Abu Bakar

(Mantan Yang Dipertua)

Puan Maimunah Kadir

(Naib Yang Dipertua 1)

Dr. Nor Edzan Che Nasir

(Naib Yang Dipertua 2)

Puan Balqis Suja’

(Setiausaha Kehormat)

Cik Rohaya Umar

(Bendahari Kehormat)

En. Kamal Sujak

(Penolong Setiausaha Kehormat)

Encik Azlan bin Mohamad Hamzah

(Penolong Bendahari Kehormat)

Puan Hasnita Hj. Ibrahim

(Ahli Majlis)

Dr. Zahidi Dato’ Zainol Rashid

(Ahli Majlis)

Dr. Wan Ali Wan Mamat

(Ahli majlis)

Puan Siti Sumaizan Ramli

(Ahli majlis)

Cik Nurul Iqtiani Ahmad

(Pegawai Eksekutif)

Conference organisation

Based on the report of the President of Indonesian Library Associa-

tion, the fifteenth Congress or CONSAL XV attracted some over 900

participants, including 275 overseas participants. Apart from the

Indonesians themselves, the largest overseas contingent was from

Vietnam with about 100 participants followed by Malaysia with al-

most 60 participants. Thailand and Singapore too had significant

numbers of participants. The smallest was Cambodia with one sole

participant.

Themed “National Heritage: Preservation and Dissemination”, there

were some 54 papers presented altogether. Six papers were pre-

sented in the plenary session and and 48 papers presented in the

parallel sessions. 10 product sessions were lined up for presentation

in the afternoon of the first day. The programming of the paper

presentation, however, could have been better though. Rather

than cram all plenary papers in one morning on the first day, t

should have been better to spread them out. My colleague, Has-

bullah Atan also found that cramming the parallel sessions in one

day meant that he had to miss out a number of papers he was in-

terested to listen to. Same thing with the product presentations. I

noted that the papers were mostly on digitisation and preservation

carried out by libraries or in collaboration with other agencies.

For the parallel sessions I attended presentations by a number of

Malaysian librarians including Janaki Sinnasamy from the University

of Malaya Library who informed us about the UM Art Gallery

launched last October. I was very pleased to hear that UM has at

last decided to collect all the art works in its possession and make it

available for public viewing. With outstanding artists such as Hoessain Enas and Ibrahim Hussein as resident

artists at the University, imagine the treasures they have in their possession! I laso listened to the presentation

by Radia Banu Jan Muhammad from the Universiti Sains Malaysia library regarding oral history collections in

Malaysian research libraries. There isn’t that much going on and libraries should do more to collaborate with

other agencies active in conducting oral history interviews and programmes to fill gaps in their collection.

On the whole the conference was well organised, with the logistics well taken care of, considering the large

number of participants. The conference rooms, including the parallel sessions were well set up with good facili-

ties provided in each room. The plenary conference venue had two large screens on either side which en-

abled the large audience to easily follow the opening ceremony and the conference proceedings. There

were no power failures or disruptions and proceeding s went on smoothly. Our Indonesian hosts also ensured

the catering for daily meals and breaks were up to the mark in quality and service was efficient. The opening

dinner was again well organised with excellent settings and presentation, ambience, plenty of good food and

likewise the closing ceremony at the Bali Cultural Centre. When it comes to presentation of cultural shows, the

Indonesians are hard to beat. Excellent choreography and costumes for the traditional dances, with the mod-

ern variety show providing very good entertainment. All things considered, the high registration fees charged

for non-Indonesian librarians, that is USD$350/- per participant (compared with USD$100 at CONSAL XIV in Ha-

noi) seems justifiable. Still, it would have been appreciated if the host organising committee had accommo-

dated a special rate for Asean member countries as is done in previous CONSAL conferences.

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The presence of a medical doctor on standby for

CONSAL participants was a considerate and com-

mendable move indeed. Our Malaysian colleagues,

Dr. Zahidi, who had an unfortunate fall on the way

to the closing dinner and needed stitches for his cuts

and treatment for his bruises. The doctor on stand-

by took very good care of him complete with pro-

viding an MRI scan of to determine the extent of his

injury. Puan Rohani Rustam had a bad cough while

in Bali and on the doctor’s advice and medication

helped her recovery.

Outstanding CONSAL Librarian This was somewhat of an anticlimax. After the sus-

pense of waiting for the announcement of the win-

ner of the Outstanding CONSAL Librarian award,

Tony Santos of the Philippines, representing the

panel of judges, came on stage and announced that ‘ the winner is Mr. Indonesia!’ He then proceeded to

move away from the rostrum, but went back and announced that the name of the winner as ‘Mr.Suherman’.

Not another word was said about the recipient nor was his biodata flashed on the large screens, as the audi-

ence waited in anticipation to hear about his biodata and accomplishments to warrant the coveted award.

The silence was deafening to say the least and we remained in the dark until the end. When Mr.Sherman

came on stage to receive his award from Ibu Sri Sulastri, we saw what he looked like and that was it. I have to

admit that it left a lot of unanswered questions as to who, what and why about the award. Previous winners of

the CONSAL Outstanding Librarian award were Mr. Antonio M. Santos (Phillipines, at the World Library Confer-

ence, Singapore, 2002), Dato’ Dr. Zaiton Osman, (Malaysia at CONSAL XII, Bandar Seri Bengawan, Brunei Da-

russalam, 2003), Mr. R. Ramachandran (Singapore at CONSAL XIII, Manila, Phillipines, 2006) and Dato’ Zawiyah

Baba (Malaysia at CONSAL XIV, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2009).

Closing dinner and cultural show The closing dinner was again at the invitation of the Director General of the National Library of Indonesia. A

sumptuous spread awaited us at the venue, Bali Cultural Centre. The table setting was immaculate with vari-

ous stalls of different dishes spread out. I had my first taste of ‘Mee Bakso’ and it was delicious. All Asean coun-

try delegates performed a cultural presentation in turn in alphabetical order with the exception of Singapore.

No reason was given for the omission. Malaysia

presented a dance/exercise routine in fetching

costumes, which was lively and sportingly exe-

cuted by Aripah, Hasnita, Siti Sumaizan and

three others. Indonesia and Vietnam took ad-

vantage of their large numbers and presented

three colourful items as did Thailand with their

beautiful costumes. The lone Cambodian par-

ticipant sang his country’s national anthem and

got the audience to participate by standing up

while he belted out the anthem! The ‘real’ cul-

tural show, however, came after the country

presentations in the form of traditional dances

from different parts of Indonesia which were

truly brilliant and a treat to watch.

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Veteran librarians to the fore For me particularly, this CONSAL was to be

a sort of farewell to my Asean colleagues

who I hoped I would meet at the Congress.

I wasn’t sure how many would still be at-

tending. To my surprise, there were quite a

few, not only attending the conference

but very much leading their respective li-

brary associations. The oldest is Khunying

Maenmas Chevalit who was already a

very prominent figure when I joined librari-

anship in the mid 70s. There she was, Presi-

dent of the Thai Library Association and

inviting people to CONSAL XVI in three

years time! Nellie Hj. Sunny an icon of

Brunei librarianship is also President of the

Brunei Library Association. Mr. Pham The

Khang, who retired as Director of the Na-

tional Library of Vietnam two years ago is

now the President of the Vietnam Library

Association. Anthony Santos, a distin-

guished librarian from the Philippines, and

the first winner of the CONSAL Outstanding

Librarian award some twelve years ago in

Singapore in 2002 and is now not only Presi-

dent of the Library Association of the Philip-

pines but also Director of the National Li-

brary of the Philippines. I was also very

pleased to meet my Indonesian colleague

Dady Rachmananta, former Director-

General of the National Library of Indonesia and President of the Indonesian Library Association at CONSAL.

Another familiar figure who is somewhat of a younger generation, is Ms. Ngian Lek Cho who is still Director of

the National Library Board (NLB) Singapore. Hail the veteran librarians! So my colleague Rohani, who is also

retired but reemployed by Monash University Malaysia campus and I were in very good company, indeed. I

was so inspired by Khunying Maenmas Chevalit, that when she invited us to Thailand in 2015 I forgot that this

was to be my last CONSAL and made a mental note to submit an abstract for the 16th CONSAL!

Conclusion Bali as the CONSAL XV venue is unmatched for its natural beauty, attractions and we enjoyed the beautiful

view of the ocean at the Discovery Kartika Plaza hotel, the conference venue. Although expensive (USD218-

248 per night) the hotel provided very comfortable facilities and efficient and fast internet service. There are

also fairly good restaurants opposite the hotel if you feel like a change from hotel fare. The Discovery mall

nearby caters for a wide variety of shopping needs as well as other small shops retailing local goods for those

preferring these. Overall, the conference was very well organised and went smoothly, with the exception of a

quirk or two. I had the pleasure of meeting with the Director of the National Library of Indonesia, Ibu Sri Sularsih

and younger librarians such as Carol Sim, who has a delightful children’s book to her credit, from the Nan-

yang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore, Ibu Zunaimar from University Syiah Kuala Library in Aceh, Bapak Ad-

nan, the new Head of the Central Provincial Library (BPD)and Archives, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, not least

Ms. Chin Loy Jyoon, former Treasurer of the PPM for more than a decade and the National Library of Malaysia,

which puts the icing on the cake of our thoroughly enjoyable and pleasant CONSAL XV experience.

Prepared by:

Zawiyah Baba

Principal Research Fellow

Institut of the Malay World and Civilisation

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Cultural tour Bali has so much to offer that we were spoilt for choice for the

cultural visits. The organised tours were meticulously organised

complete with very knowledgeable and likeable tour guides. The

tour coaches looked like new and were very comfortable. The

tour that I went on, the Presidential Palace at Tampaksiring and

volcanic mountain in Kintamani was well worth visiting (although

we did not actually get close to the volcano but saw it from a

comfortable distance. The beautiful gardens and palace were

well maintained but we were not allowed inside the buildings. It

was such a pleasant surprise when we spotted the Presidential

library on the way out. A pity we could not see the collections.

We had lunch at a mountainside restaurant courtesy of the or-

ganisers. On the way and back to the tour bus, we were

swarmed by girls and women selling all kinds of souvenirs includ-

ing T-shirts, hair ornaments, beaded bracelets and necklaces and

other accessories. In the whole area where the stalls were lo-

cated, I did not see a single male looking after the shops or at-

tending to customers. The tour guide told us that women in Bali

prefer to work alongside their men in addition to tending to do-

mestic chores and looking after the children, rather than spend

their time at home. The work they do include hard labour such as

brick-laying, carrying heavy loads of construction materials, tend-

ing the padi fields and so on. An Indonesian colleague whispered

to me that Bali women are often exploited and have little choice

but to work alongside their men in order to provide for their fami-

lies. The tour guide did confess that men in Bali are notorious for

their fondness for gambling especially cock-fighting and it is often

the women who keep the family going.

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International Conference on Libraries (ICOL 2012)

Buat pertama kalinya ICOL anjuran Perpustakaan Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) dan disokong oleh Persatuan

Pustakawan Malaysia (PPM) telah diadakan di Kota Bharu selepas 3 kali diadakan di Pulau Pinang sejak 2005.

ICOL 2012 dengan tema Transformation to Humanize Libraries telah berlangsung pada 2 hingga 4 Julai 2012

di Hotel Renaissance dan telah dirasmikan oleh Prof. Dato’ Mafauzy Mohammad, Pengarah Kampus Kesi-

hatan, USM mewakili Naib Canselor USM.

Pada mulanya Urus setia agak risau kerana dalam keadaan

kekangan bajet, sasaran peserta kami tidak akan tercapai

tetapi Alhamdulillah, pada saat-saat akhir masih ada yang

ingin mendaftar dan akhirnya 150 orang peserta dari dalam

dan luar negara telah menjayakan ICOL 2012. Di samping 6

sesi pembentangan melibatkan 19 kertas kerja dan 5 poster

serta 10 pempamer, peserta juga telah diberi pengalaman

menikmati kebudayaan Kelantan, Negeri Cik Siti Wan Kem-

bang, apabila melawat Gelanggang Seni yang menonjol-

kan permainan congkak, silat dan juga rebana ubi mana-

kala dihidangkan persembahan wayang kulit dan dikir barat

pada sesi makan malam ICOL.

Tan Sri Prof. Dato’ Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Naib Canselor Al-Bukhary International

University dan Prof. Zalina Ismail, Penyelaras BrainNetwork, USM telah memben-

tangkan ucaptama pada kali ini. Rata-rata peserta amat puashati dengan

pembentangan mereka.

Urusetia ICOL ingin mengucapkan berbanyak terima kasih kepada Pengarah

Kampus Kesihatan, pembentang ucaptama, pembentang kertaskerja dan

poster, peserta, penaja, pempamer, ahli jawatankuasa, PPM dan pihak hotel

atas kerjasama serta sokongan yang telah diberikan. Berita lanjut mengenai

ICOL 2012 boleh diperolehi dengan melayari https://sites.google.com/site/

usmicol2012/home dan sertai facebook kami. Jumpa lagi pada ICOL 2015.

Oleh: Engku Razifah Engku Chik

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Bengkel Jurnal Terindeks dan Berimpak Tinggi 2012

Beberapa objektif bengkel telah dikenal pasti iaitu:

1. Untuk memberikan pendedahan kepada peserta mengenai Peranan Pusat Sitasi Negara atau Malaysian

Citation Centre.

2. Untuk menyediakan kaedah penyelidikan data dan penerbitan bagi memenuhi keperluan Malaysian

Assessment Research (MyRA 11), universiti penyelidikan dan Pelan Strategik Pendidikan Tinggi Negara

(PSPTN).

3. Untuk berkongsi pengalaman dan latihan amali mengenai ISI Web of Science, Scopus, Journal Citation

Reports, h-index dan Harzing’s Publish or Perish.

4. Untuk mendapat pendedahan dan berkongsi pengalaman mengenai isu-isu semasa dalam prosiding

jurnal dan prosiding terindeks.

Ketua Pustakawan UMS Puan Dg Rukiah Awg Amit telah mewakili YBhg. Datuk Naib Canselor UMS untuk

merasmikan bengkel ini. Pembentangan bengkel adalah seperti berikut:

1. Peranan Pusat Sitasi Malaysia – Prof. Madya Dr. Abrizah Abdullah (Timbalan Pengarah, Pusat Sitasi

Malaysia).

2. The Use and Impact of Citation Index in Research and Journal Selection for Publishing – Dr. Lim Khee Hiang

(Thomson Reuters).

3. Web of Science & H-Index – Dr. Lim Khee Hiang.

4. Journal Citation Report: Impact Factor, Journal Ranking, Researcher ID – Dr. Lim Khee Hiang.

5. Keperluan Audit Penerbitan Universiti , Analisa Data untuk Keperluan Data MyRA 11, Universiti Penyelidikan,

PSPTN (CAP Academia dan CAP R&D) – En. Shamsudin Ibrahim (Pustakawan Kanan, UKM).

6. Penerbitan Jurnal ERA, Jurnal dan Buku yang Tidak Diiktiraf oleh MyRA 11, Article in Press, Thomson reuters

Master Journal List dan Perisian Harzing’s Publish or Perish.

Secara keseluruhannya, bengkel ini sangat bermanfaat dan menarik perhatian terutama bagi pensyarah

dan penyelidik universiti. Para akademik dapat mengetahui kepentingan sitasi jurnal terindeks dan mengua-

sai ilmu untuk mendapatkan jurnal yang berimpak tinggi bagi artikel mereka. Semua peserta juga dapat

menilai sejauh mana jurnal yang telah diterbitkan adalah dirujuk dan berimpak tinggi. Ini penting dalam

usaha untuk berkongsi ilmu bagi mening katkan kualiti penyelidikan dan penerbitan di institusi masing-masing.

Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) menjadi

tumpuan para pustakawan dan pensyarah

yang menghadiri Bengkel Jurnal Terindeks

dan Berimpak Tinggi di peringkat kebang-

saan yang diadakan pada 12-13 Jun 2012.

Bengkel ini berlangsung di Unit Multimedia

dan Teknologi Pendidikan (UMTP), UMS.

Bengkel anjuran bersama jawatankuasa

Tetap Perpustakaan Akademik (JTPA), Per-

satuan Pustakawan Malaysia (PPM), Per-

satuan Pustakawan Malaysia Kumpulan Sa-

bah dan juga Perpustakaan UMS telah

menarik minat seramai 51 orang peserta

dari IPTA dan IPTS.

Oleh: Zawawi Tiyunin

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Professional Lecture by Peter Sidorko Head Librarian, University of Hong Kong and President Hong Kong Library Association

Oleh: Kamal Sujak

Pada 8 Jun 2012, buat julung kalinya, PPM

dengan Kerjasama Fakulti Pengurusan

Maklumat, UiTM telah menganjur-

kan Professional Lecture by Peter Sidorko di

Bilik Seminar Fakulti Pengurusan Maklumat,

UiTM Kampus Puncak Perdana. Topik yang

diberikan ialah “Academic Library Coop-

eration in Hong Kong” and “E-Learning and

the Library at Hong Kong University”.Mr Pe-

ter Sidorko merupakan Ketua Pustakawan,

University of Hong Kong dan President,

Hong Kong Library Association. Seminar

percuma ini mendapat sambutan yang

amat menggalakkan dengan kehadiran

lebih 60 orang peserta dari pelbagai insti-

tusi.

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Basic Finance for Librarians : A One-day Course by BALQIS Suja’

PPM has conducted this course for librarians and library personnel wanting to familiar themselves with basic

knowledge on accounting and finance. It will certainly help librarians and library officers to better manage,

organize and maintain the fiscal aspects of library operation and developing a library budget. The objectives

of the Course were to make librarians understand budget and financial planning; and to instill appreciation of

accounting and finance which form part of a librarian’s duty.

Facilitated by Mr. Amjath Jamal, a practicing and trainer accountant from AAA Urus Kira, the Course was held

on Wednesday, 7 November 2012 at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation of Persiaran

Duta. The training room was provided on complementary basis—and many participants complemented the

beauty of the prestigious ISTAC building which we all know was planned by Tan Sri Syed Muhammd Naquib al-

Attas. The ISTAC library is named after him. The Course was attended by 32 participants, of the following indi-

viduals:

Mr. Amjath Jamal delivering his lectures

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The topics covered were budgeting ba-

sic for libraries; financial resource docu-

ments; status of finance and monitoring;

reading financial reports; financial and

accounting procedures; library account-

ing and audit; and, preparing library fi-

nancial reporting. Example of reports

used for illustration were from American

libraries, and was helpful to relate with

fund appropriations given to libraries for

expenditure that covers personnel costs,

technology, operations, and collections.

The event ended with the presentation

of the certificate of participation to the

facilitator and all participants.

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Forum Transformasi Literasi di Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Oleh: Hasnita Hj. Ibrahim

Budaya membaca dan literasi maklumat berjalan seiring. Masyarakat yang membaca dan berilmu menjamin

pembangunan sesebuah negara. Faktor kreativiti dan inovatif masyarakat membaca berupaya menjana

tahap pengetahuan dan keintelektualan minda bangsa yang lebih tinggi.

Dengan kepercayaan tersebut Forum Transformasi Literasi ini diadakan di Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP)

pada 3 Oktober 2012. Di antara objektif program ini adalah seperti berikut :

1. Mengangkat budaya membaca sebagai teras ke arah meningkatkan dan memajukan masyarakat dalam

aspek ilmu dan kehidupan.

2. Merangsang kesedaran masyarakat tentang kepentingan buku, perpustakaan, membaca dan literasi.

3. Menyemarakkan budaya membaca dalam kalangan profesional, pekerja, golongan muda dan dewasa

yang bakal menjadi teladan dalam kepimpinan.

4. Menyokong usaha kerajaan untuk memupuk masyarakat berilmu dan melahirkan modal insan kelas per

tama.

5. Meningkatkan peranan dan sumbangan pustakawan dan perpustakaan dalam memenuhi tuntutan Dasar

Buku Negara.

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Perasmian forum telah disempurnakan oleh Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd Sharif Mohd Saad, Yang Di Pertua Per-

satuan Pustakawan Malaysia (PPM). Panel pembentangan terdiri dari :

1. YBhg. Dato’ Zawiyah Baba (UKM) – Transformasi Pustakawan selaras dengan Dasar Buku Negara.

2. YBhg. Datin Che Kamariah bt. Hj Che Abbas (BTP, Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia) – Transformasi Pusat

Sumber Sekolah.

3. En. Faizul Naim Ishak (Akademi Penulis Sdn Bhd) – Membaca Melewati Batas Kotak Fikiran.

4. YBhg. Datuk Zakaria Abd Wahab (BERNAMA) – Peranan Media Dalam Transformasi Budaya Membaca.

5. Puan Rohani Zainal Abidin (Monash University) – Bicara Dasar Buku Negara.

Forum ini berjaya menarik golongan pustakwan dan para guru untuk menghayati peranan masing-masing

dalam menangani ledakan maklumat terutama dengan bercambahnya ‘media social’ dan arus perubahan

teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi. Sekalung tahniah dan syabas kepada PPM dan DBP yang berusaha

tanpa jemu untuk menganjurkan forum ini.

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Jelajah Penandaarasan ke Utara Siri 3 28 November - 1 Disember 2012

Persatuan Pustakawan Malaysia (PPM) di bawah kelolaan Jawatankuasa Tetap Perpustakaan Khusus

telah menganjurkan Jelajah Penandaarasan Ke Utara Siri 3 selama 4 hari pada 28 November hingga 1

Disember 2012.

Seramai 18 peserta dari pelbagai perpustakaan iaitu University Of Nottingham Malaysia, KUIS, Utusan

Melayu, MII, UNITEN, ASTRO, Bank Negara, PETRONAS, BERNAMA dan UiTM.

Perpustakaan yang dilawati adalah :

Perpustakaan Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP)

Perpustakaan Sultanah Bahiyah, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)

Perpustakaan AiU, Universiti Antarabangsa Albukhary (AiU)

Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Pulau Pinang (PPAPP)

Objektif lawatan penandaarasan kali ini adalah :

1. Untuk mengenal pasti amalan terbaik yang digunapakai oleh setiap perpustakaan.

2. Untuk mengenal pasti cabaran yang dihadapi serta usaha yang dilakukan dalam mengurus dan

membangunkan perpustakaan.

3. Untuk belajar tentang ‘institutional memory’ yang dibangunkan oleh perpustakaan.

Perpustakaan yang dilawati telah melabur sejumlah wang untuk memberi perkhidmatan yang terbaik,

kemudahan dan koleksi kepada pengguna mereka. Misi utama mereka iaitu untuk menyediakan

perkhidmatan dalam kedua-dua bentuk bercetak dan pelbagai elektronik seperti e-pangkalan data, e-

jurnal, e-buku kepada pelajar, ahli fakulti, perpustakaan lain dan rakyat Malaysia secara keseluruhan.

Pembangunan perpustakaan di Malaysia boleh dibanggakan dari segi koleksi, kemudahan fizikal,

perkhidmatan dan aktiviti yang dijalankan. Promosi perpustakaan tidak lagi terhad kepada laman web

rasmi perpustakaan. Pengguna perpustakaan juga boleh didekati melalui penggunaan teknologi komu-

nikasi sosial terkini seperti Facebook, Twitter, Blog, Youtube dan lain-lain.

PPM mengesyorkan pustakawan lain untuk mengunjungi perpustakaan tersebut kerana mereka mem-

punyai banyak kekuatan dan keistimewaan dalam memainkan peranan meningkatkan keilmuan di Uni-

versiti dan Kerajaan Negeri masing-masing.

Oleh: Hasnita Hj. Ibrahim

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