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Bil.46 Jun 2012 ISSN 1609-4271

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Israk Meraj 17 June 2012

3RD MEETING CONSAL XV EXECUTIVE BOARD

The meeting chaired by Ms Sri Sularsih was held on 28 May 2012 at Discovery Room of the Kartika Discovery Hotel and attended By EB members from CONSAL members countries and Timor Leste.

Part of the meeting agenda was the latest update on the CONSAL XV Conference. This was followed by the discussion on project proposals. Brunei Darussalam delegation was headed by Ms Nellie, BLA President, Ms Hjh Rosnani, BLA Hon Secretary and Mr Hj Sahari Chief LibrarianDewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei. Brunei Darussalam submitted two new project proposalsnamely on Directory of Leading Women of Southeast Asia and A Bibliography of Southeast Asian Cultures. Both projects will be undertaken for two years.

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ISLAM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: A CULTURAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

The book was launched in the traditional Brunei way at the EB meeting on 28 May 2012. The CONSAL Chairman led by Puan Nellie and Head of Delegations were invited to sprinkled scented potpourri made up of pandan leaves and flowers on the book which was placed on a beaded ‘lapik’ and placed on a ‘gangsa’ as a gesture of launching the book.

This project was submitted and approved at the 1st Meeting of CONSAL XV EB Meeting in

Bandung, Indonesia in 2010 was led by Brunei Darussalam and participated by Malaysia and Singapore. Copies were presented to the Head of Delegations.

PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS OF CONSAL COUNTRIES

The Presidents made up of Ms Nellie (Brunei Darussalam), Ms Mony (Cambodia), Mr. Zulfikar (Indonesia), Mrs. Khanthamaly (Laos), Mr Kyaw Oo (Myanmar), Mr Mohd Sharif (Malaysia), Thelma Kim (Philippines), Gene Tan (Singapore), Khunying Maenmas (Thailand), Mr Pham (Vietnam).

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CONSAL OUTSTANDING LIBRARIAN AWARD 2012

Mr Suherman, a librarian at the LIPI Technological Institute Information Centre and the Chief of Indonesian Literacy Community was named the CONSAL Outstanding Librarian 2012 on 30 May 2012 at the Closing Ceremony of CONSAL XV Conference in Bali. This award was in recognisition to his outstanding contribution and development to the profession.

He was awarded a Gold Medallion.

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

27 May 2012 Arrival of delegates

28 May 2012

3rd Meeting CONSAL XV Executive Board

CDNLAO Meeting

Welcome Dinner for EB and CDNLAO members

29 May 2012

Opening Ceremony

Keynote Address

General Conference

Product Presentation Sessions

Welcome Dinner

30 May 2012

General Conference

Break-up sessions: National Library as the Centre of National Heritage, the role of Library Associations in National Development and the Role of the CSR in Library Development.

Community libraries in Information literacy and the role ofor enhancing reading habit

Preservation and Conservation in the library

Resource Sharing and networking

Implementation of legal deposit Act and Library Education in empowering human resources

Managing Digital Library and digital publication

Closing Ceremony:Closing Speech

Presentation of CONSAL Outstanding Librarian Award

Handing over of CONSAL Chair to Thailand

Acceptance Speech by President Thai Library Association

Gala Night

31 May 2012 Library and Cultural Visits

1 June 2012 Departure of delegates

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CONSAL XV CONFERENCE

The Opening ceremony began with a welcome dance followed by speeches by Ms Sri Sularish, Director National Library Indonesia, the Governor of Bali Province and Keynote and Opening by the Coordinating Minsiter of People’s Welfare. It was held at the Kharisma Ballroom of Kartika Discovery Plaza Hotel. The chief guest, EB members, and guests then proceeded to the exhibition of IT and digital products in a special pavilion outside the conference venue.

Brunei Darussalam delegation of ten members were from BLA-Ms Nellie, Mr Hj Abu Bakar, (Paper presenter), Ms Nurul Fajrina, Ms Masnunah, Ms Nur Nadzirah DBP-Mr Sahari, MINDEF-Ms Hjh Rosnani, ITB-Ms Hjh Pusparaini, UBD-Mr Hj Abdullah, and Ms Hjh Norsenah.

The conference was held in plenary and break up sessions. A half afternoon was dedicated to a product presentation session by eight vendors. Over 700 delegates registered for the conference.

CLOSING CEREMONY

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Ms Sri Sularsih thanked all speakers and participants before closing the conference. The CONSAL XVI Conference came to a close on 30 May 2012 and Head of Delegations were presented with a bouquet of flowers by Ms Sri Sularsih, Director of National Library of Indonesia followed by picture taking. Ms Sri Sularish then presented the CONSAL Flag and a cheque of USD1,000 as the seed money to kick start the CONSAL XVI to the new CONSAL Chair Khunying Maenmas Chavalit, President Thai Library Association. Khunying Maenmas on behalf of Thailand, delivered her Acceptance Speech. Thailand will be the next host in May 2015.

GALA NIGHTBy Nur Nadzirah Z’Ariffin

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A Gala Night hosted by the Director of National Library Indonesia commencing 8pm on 30 May 2012 at the Bali Art Centre, Denpasar was a colourful night filled with performances by CONSAL member delegations and the host country. The Bali Art Centre is a cultural complex with the best style of traditional Balinese architecture. It is located in Jalan Nusa Indah Denpasar is one of the largest and most complex for cultural performances in Bali where the annual Bali Arts Rapid is held. It is designed by Bali's leading architect Ida Bagus Tugur. Its designed is based on temple and Balinese palace architectures and fitted with an amphitheater. The building symbolises the twiddling of Mandara Giri mount in the milk ocean and spattering the Amerta holy water for the life of endless peace according to dynamic nature of culture andhuman.

The night began with dinner where participants were treated to various types of Indonesian and Balinese culinary cuisine and a variety of desserts.

After dinner, all participants were invited to the open air amphitheater to watch the spontaneous performances from the delegates. It

began with a welcome dance of traditional Balinese Sekar Jagat and a few others. Each country in rotation then did their best performance of dances and music. Participants from Brunei Darussalam performed the Brunei traditional medley song named Cabuk-Cabuk Bertali Rambai and Pantai Seri Kenangan. All the performance were most entertaining and enjoyed by all.

At the grand finale the guests were entertained to dances from various provinces of Indonesia e.g. Aceh,Sulawesi and Papua.

The Gala Night ended at 11 pm.

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CULTURAL TOUR FOR DELEGATESBy Nurul Fadjrina Kamaluddin

The organisers arranged a post-conference tour to Tanah Lot Temple on 31 May 2012. The half day tour was very interesting as the participants could see the way of life of the Balinese people and understand their Hindu culture.

Tanah Lot Temple is about 20 kilometres from Denpasar. The temple sits on a large offshore rock which has been shaped continuously over the years by the ocean tide. Tanah Lot Temple is claimed to be the work of the 15th-century priest Nirartha. It was during his travels along the south coast that he saw the rock-island's beautiful setting and with the help of the fishermen built a shrine on the rock for he felt it to be a holy place to worship the Balinese sea gods. The Tanah Lot Temple has been a part of Balinese mythology for centuries. The temple is one of seven sea temples around the Balinese coast. At the base of the rocky island, poisonous sea snakes are believed to guard the temple from evil spirits and intruders.

CONSTRUCTION OF ITB NEW LIBRARY BUILDINGBy Hjh Pusparaini Hj Thani

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The construction of the Institut Teknologi Brunei Library which is currently in progress is due to be completed In December 2012. The building is bulit on 3 levels with a size of nearly 4000 m2.This building will house the collections for the business, computing and engineering programmes. It should accommodate seating for 250 to 300 students. The concept of the building central location was purposely planned to be as closed to the students’ facilities such as the Students’ Centre and the Lecture Theatre complex. The building has been designed to integrate with the surrounding facilities, providing routes into and around the building via an open gallery that will lead to the Lecture Theatre complex and

Library Cafeteria.Thus the library building is very accessible to all users especially to the students.

This new building should be able to accommodate future changes and currently it will have a wired study area and wireless enabled, a suitable training room, PCs for online references, several syndicate rooms and most importantly a pleasant and conducive working environment with comfortable study space and inviting environment.

HAPPENINGS

19 May 2012 HSBC Walk, Run and Cycle 201223 May 2012 BSM 2012 Retailers and Forecourt Crew Awards Night25 May-3 June 2012 Baiduri Masters 201227 May 2012 2nd Borneo Judicial Games 201229 May 2012 New TAP website launched. www.tap.com.bn30 May 2012 Min Communications launched Contact Centre COMQUEST. A joint venture with

Bahwan Cybertek and e-sipadu31 May 2012 51st anniversary Royal Brunei Armed Forces3 June 2012 Empire Hotel and Country Club Biathlon Championships 201211-14 June 2012 3rd Brunei Cubboree’ Build up our hope”16 June 2012 British High Commission Brunei hosted a Diomong Jubilee Street Party.18 June 2012 Bukit Markuching Challenge Run20 June 2012 The Green Expo launched20 June 2012 1st batch of graduates of Microsoft Academy Programme20 June 2012 3rd Annual Art Exhibition showcasing 33 pieces of art works “Unseen’ by UBD20 June 2012 BIBD Annual General Meeting29 June 2012 7th RBA Amateur Golf Open Championships 2012

CONSAL XVI Conference, May 2015, Thailand

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