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Bil. 4 April 2017 ISSN 1609-4271

SIGNING OF MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

On 2 March 2017, Pn Hjh Sariani, Acting Director

DBP Brunei received a courtesy call from Ms. Blesila

P. Velasco, INELI ASEAN Project Director and

members of the Project Team. This was followed by

a meeting to finalise the arrangements for the

upcoming Midway Meeting. The meeting concluded

with an MOA Signing Ceremony . Signing on behalf of DBP Brunei was Pn Hjh Sariani, for Brunei

Draussalam Library Association was Pn Nellie and for the National Library of the Philippines was Ms

Blesila.

The INELI-ASEAN Project team later visited the Main Library and Lambak Kanan Community Library before

meeting with Pn Nellie Sunny BLA President as Sponsor and Brunei Innovators, to discuss their work

progress. Go to page 3


BLA EXCO MEETINGS

BLA LIBRARY STUDY VISIT

As part of BLA’s on-going

programme to support

continuous training of

librarians, BLA organised

library study visits for

members. On 22 March 2017

BLA members made a visit to

the Brunei Museums Library

in Jalan Menteri Besar. The

group was welcomed by Pn

Hjh Rosmina,Chief Librarian.

On 15 March 2017, discussion on Study visit to ROK

BLA and DBP Brunei at INELI ASEAN Prep

Meeting on 1 March 2017

BLA EXCO at Career Talk on 2 March 2017

Meeting on 20 March 2017


From page 1

INELI ASEAN SPONSOR & INNOVATORS

Picture of INELI ASEAN Sponsor (Pn Nellie) and

Innovators (Dk Masdiana, Dk Serimohayatun and Siti

Mahyuna) with DBP Director and INELI ASEAN Team

after the signing ceremony.

INELI- ASEAN MIDWAY MEETING IN BRUNEI

Brunei Darussalam Library Association and DBP Brunei are honoured to co-host the upcoming Meeting on 22-24 May 2017 in Brunei Darussalam. The International Network of Emerging Library Innovators –Association of Southeast Asian Nations (INELI-ASEAN) is a 3 year project with funding support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). INELI-ASEAN Team is led by the National Library of Philippines has decided to conduct midway meetings to address such concerns, and to further foster collaboration and strong partnerships among the innovators. It aims to build capacity and enhance leadership skills of emerging library leaders and create a vibrant network of public libraries to foster collaboration and strong partnership among them and other relevant stakeholders in the region. The recently concluded INELI-ASEAN 2nd Convening in Singapore last September 2016 This time they have chosen Brunei Darussalam as the site for the May meeting and have appointed the Brunei Darussalam Library Association and the DBP Brunei as co-hosts. It will be participated by 17 participants from 10 ASEAN member states and 7 staff. The Midway Meeting is aimed to fulfill the following objectives:

Augment the learnings gained from the online learning modules and create opportunities for personal reflection amid issues and crises;

Discuss aspects of the INELI-ASEAN program that they wanted more information on;

Talk about the innovations/activities they are implementing in their own libraries, along with its successes and learnings, and how the INELI-ASEAN program had supported them in doing so; and,

Follow-up activities from the Singapore Convening (i.e. collaborative projects, online learning module participation, etc.) and address concerns


BLA IN PELITA BRUNEI 4 MARCH 2017


BLA IN THE BORNEO BULLETIN 3 MARCH 2017

BLA IN THE BORNEO BULLETIN 5 MARCH 2017


TALK ON “GET YOURSELF CONNECTED: CAREER AS A LIBRARIAN”

Thursday 2 March 2017 at Library, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien College, Brunei Muara District

Dy Amal Syukriyyah Hj Abd Kahar and Aw Mohd Hafizuddin Abu Hasrah presented the talk to librarians

from Primary and Secondary schools KSS2 and IBTE institutions from Brunei Muara District. Also present

was Cg Hamilton from the Schools Resource Unit. Schools Department. BLA wishes to thank the librarians

for coming and to the Principal SOASC for the use its Library for the event.


TALK ON “GET YOURSELF CONNECTED: CAREER AS A LIBRARIAN”

Saturday 4 March 2017 at Sekolah Menengah Sultan Hassan, Bangar, Temburong District

Dy Amal Syukriyyah and Pg Hj Mohd Shahminan presented the talk to librarians in Temburong District

followed by a visit to the Sekolah Menengah Sultan Hassan Library. BLA wishes to thank the librarians for

coming and the Principal for the use of the premises for the talk.

READING PROMOTION IN SULTAN HASSAN SECONDARY SCHOOL By Nurlina Abdullah Abu, Library Asst Grade I, Head of Library

School Vision:

To be one of the best secondary schools in the country

providing well-rounded quality education

Collection:

The library has a total collection of 31,422 books.

Location:

At the moment the library is temporarily housed in a cabin with 7,000 books. Go to page 11


LIBRARY STUDENTS VISIT UTB LIBRARY By Norliha Din, Programme Instructor, School of ICT, IBTE SSR Campus

A total of 21 students from School of ICT, Sultan Saiful Rijal Campus visited the Universiti Teknologi Brunei Library on

1 March 2017. The group who are currently taking HNTEC in Information and Library Studies was led by one of the

programme instructor, Norliha Binti Mohd Din

with the aim to gain in depth of knowledge from

the higher institution that specializes on

engineering, business, technology and

computing

The visitors were welcomed by the Library

Officer, Awang Osman Hj Suhaile and the

Assistant Library Officer Grade 1, Hj Abdul

Hapidz bin Haji Ali Hassan instigated with a

briefing about the library background and

development. UTB Library was established since

1986 based in Jalan Tungku as an academic

library holding over 30,000 items in various

formats provide information services mainly for

students and researchers.

The visit included a library tour through all levels

of the information centre including the general

collection, archive collection, Bruneiana,

journals and magazine as well receiving

explanation on the functions for its well demand

services such as the circulation service, E-

resources, syndicate rooms up to online public access

catalogue (OPAC).

To end the valuable experience prior to the group photo,

the students were treated with teatime refreshments at the

‘360 Library Café’- a unique addition located inside the

ground level of the library that was officially opened in

conjunction of the institution’s first UTB convo festival back

in 2014.

ILS students browse through the archive collections in UTB Library

A group photo with UTB Library officers along with the HNtec ILS students and

instructor.


PROGRAM KHIDMAT BAKTI NEGARA

Brunei National Service Programme (PKBN) is a national youth development programme which was

launched on 5 December 2011 with the first of three pilot programmes. Its motto is BERSEDIA

BERKHIDMAT BERBAKTI. In 2014, PKBN make its history by the establishment of a full and permanent

national service programme.

PKBN”s main objectives are to develop and enhance the spirit of patriotism, commitment and

resilience in youths, to enhance the spirit of solidarity and unity, to develop positive characteristics

among younger generation through good values, to instill a spirit of caring and volunteerism, to

produce healthy, confident, responsible and virtuous youths and to produce excellent Bruneian youths in line with the Goals of

National Youth Policy.

The PKBN's 3 months training for citizens or permanent residents of Brunei Darussalam is open to men and women aged 16-21

years old, not schooling or have a job during the course of the training and pass the health test. Training is in the form of

discipline, nationality, spirituality, entrepreneurship, community and understanding the concept of Malay Islamic Monarchy.

The PKBN training camp building in Batu Apoi, was officially handed over on the 24 November 2016.

Intake Dates Male Female Total

First Pilot 4 Dec 2011-25 Feb 2012 44 34 78

Second Pilot 1 Apr 2012-23 June 2012 67 30 97

Third Pilot 10 Dec 2012-4 Mar 2013 129 70 199

I st Intake 1 Sept 2013-2 Dec 2013 90 35 125

2 nd Intake 24 Aug 2013-24 Nov 2013 149 96 245

3 rd Intake 24 Aug 2014-24 Nov 2014 59 18 77

4 th Intake 16 Dec 2014- 16 Mar 2015 209 102 311

5 th intake 6 Dec 2015-6 Mar 2016 190 96 286

6 th intake 10 Dec 2016- 10 Mar 2017 281 77 357

Source: www. pkbn.org; Sambutan Ulang Tahun Hari Kebangsaan Negara Brunei Darussalam ke-31; 2015 ;

www.rtbnews.rtb.gov.bn; http://www.pelitabrunei.gov.bn

BLA IN PELITA BRUNEI 5 MARCH 2017


EDUCATIONAL TRIP TO TEMBURONG DISTRICT By Era Suryani bt Abdullah, DiICT LIC02, ICT, Politeknik Brunei

On Saturday, 29 October 2016, Politeknik Brunei organised an educational trip to Temburong district. The trip consisted of 3 lecturers in charge and 13 students from Level 5 Diploma in Information and Communication Technology that taking course Library Informatics and Computing. The objectives of this educational trip were to improve students’ knowledge in the related area, strengthen the relationship between students, lecturers and staff and lastly to enhance students self-confidence. In this trip the students visited the

Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei, Temburong District Library and a resource room that was available at a long house. From this trip, the students were able to know in detail about how the librarian handled the library such as how they promoted the library, how they organized activities to attract the users, the collection in the library, the library services and more. There is one interesting privilege that has been provided to the users, especially to

the pregnant mothers, is the early literacy pack for unborn babies so that the mothers will have experience in guiding and teaching their children reading and a love for books from an early age. In conclusion, this educational trip was a good experience for the students as they learnt a lot from the visits.

Figure 1: Students attended short briefing about DBP Temburong

Figure 2: Group photo with DBP Temburong staff

Figure 3: Group photo with head of Kg Sibut longhouse


From page 7

Library Patrons:

It serves 775 students, 82 teachers and 21 staff.

Librarians:

It is manned by Dy Nurlina Abdullah Abu an NDILM

graduate and Dy . Jariah Binti Haji Maidin.

Services and reading promotion:

Besides putting up various library displays to attract

students into using the library, the English Reading

Club also uses the library on every Wednesday for

students wanting to read English books. As the library

can accommodate 24 students at any one time, the

library allows other students to check out books and

newspapers from the library for the reading period

held each morning before class begins.

Contact: Sekolah Menengah Sultan Hassan, Bangar PA1351, Temburong. Tel: 5221415/16/17/ Fax: 5221849

HAPPENINGS

23 Feb 2017 Pengiran Nor Ikhsan bin Pengiran Jaya Indera Pengiran Haji Mokhtar Puteh, Pengiran Khashiem bin Pengiran Hassan and Jasmein Haji Mohd Said managed to hoist the Brunei flag in time for the 33rd Brunei National Day celebratino at a height of 2,860 metres in the Himalayan. They were in an 11-member tour group which began their trekking expedition on 13 Feb from Lukla located in north-eastern Nepal

27 Feb 2017 50 cyclists took part in Kayuhan Semangat Hari Kebangsaan in London

27 Feb 2017 Foundation stone laid for new Kg Sengkarai mosque built on 5 acres site costing $3,833,535 using the Wang Zakat Asnaf Al-Gharimin, Brunei Islamic Religious Council. It can accommodate 1,000 worshippers

27 Feb 2017 Launch of Brunei Darussalam Monetary Authority (AMBD) FinTech Office,it’s a a virtual facilitation office. It also launched the FinTech Regulatory Sandbox Guidelines down-loadable from AMBD’s website. The Guidelines will allow FinTech companies to test their financial products or solutions in a safe and efficient manner, while receiving regulatory support from AMBD. FinTech has the potential to reshape the landscape of the financial services industry.

28 Feb 2017 Prison’s Department 63 rd anniversary

28 Feb 2017 RTB Satellite transmission is terminated

28 Feb 2017 4,812 students out of 5,108 from 144 schools passed the Sijil Sekolah-sekolah Rendah Ugama Darjah VI for year 1437/2016 . 3,409 obtained 1 st grade, 811 2nd grade and 592 3rd grade

1 March 2017 Consultancy firm Hanafi Konsaltan’s 25th Silver Jubilee Anniversary

1 March 2017 RTB 4 International Channel can be viewed through terrestrial and online

2 March 2017 Swearing-in ceremony of the recently appointed Legislative Council (LegCo) members

2 March 2017 Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD) with collaboration from the Brunei Association of Banks (BAB) introduced direct credits into the Automated Clearing House (ACH) system.

2 March 2017 The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports conducted Khatam Al-Quran ceremonies in all four districts to mark the 33rd Brunei Darussalam National Day celebration,

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From page 11

HAPPENINGS

3 March 2017 Pengkalan Batu Health Centre, one of the seven health centres in the Brunei-Muara District, was granted the status of Joint Commission International (JCI) Accreditation

3 March 2017 Fixed Wireless Technology of TelBru mounted on top of strategic locations close to the Kampong Ayer, currently covers Kampong Peramu, Kampong Saba, Kampong Sungai Kebun and locations in Kampong Pandai Besi that make up 60 per cent of the entire area while others are connected through copper technology.

4 March 2017 The official welcoming ceremony for the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was held at Istana Nurul Iman.

5 March 2017 Brunei Darussalam was chosen as the country to start "The Rising Together - Baton Run" in conjunction with the 29th Southeast Asian Games and the 9th ASEAN Para Games 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The run which passed through the 10 ASEAN member nations and Timor Leste started from the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in Berakas and ended at Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar 'Ali Saifuddien in the capital.

5 March 2017 The Council for the Welfare of Person with Different Ability (MKOKU) held its first annual general

6 March 2017 Opening of the 1 st meeting of the 13th session of the Legislative Council (LegCo)

7-9 March 2017 Twelve participants took part in the finals of the National Quran Reading Musabaqah For Adults.

10 March 2017 Friendly Exhibition Polo Match organised in conjunction with His Majesty’s 70th birthday celebration, held at the Royal Brunei Polo and Riding Club . Brunei Polo team beat the 61st Cavalry Indian Army Polo team.

11 March 2017 The Ministry of Education (MoE) launched a new sports initiative called Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC).

12 March 2017 Passing out Parade of the 6th Intake of the National Service Programme (PKBN) saw the passing out of 357 trainees

12 March 2017 12th Pusat Ehsan Walk, Run & Cycle 2017. The categories in the Walk & Run event were the 3km Fun Run, 5km Fun Run, 10km and 21km while in the Fun Cycling event, the categories fell into 12km and 21km.

12 March 2017 Brunei 7-9 Years Swimming Championship at the International School Brunei (ISB) Swimming Pool.

12 -15 March 2017 The Brunei Girl Guides Association hosted a 93 members attending the 5th General Assembly 2017 of the Friends of Asia Pacific World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (FAPW).

15 March 2017 End of a four-year posting to Brunei Darussalam of the first battalion of the Royal Gurkha Rifles at Tuker Lines, Seria. The First Battalion will be replaced by the Second Battalion in July 2017.

17th CONSAL Conference“ Next Generation Libraries: Collaborate and Connect” 2018, Myanmar

83 rd IFLA WLIC Conference ”Libraries. Solidarity. Society” 19-25 Aug 2017. Wroclaw, Poland 84TH IFLA WLIC Conference “Transform Societies, Transform Libraries’” 23-30 Aug 2018, Kuala Lumpur

3 rd IASL Regional Workshop October 2017 Malaysia 4 th IASL Regional Workshop October 2018 Myanmar

SUDAHKAH AWDA MENJADI AHLI BLA?

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WADAH PERPUSTAKAAN is published by © Brunei Darussalam Library Association, c/o Class 64 Library,

SOASC, Jalan Tengah, Bandar Seri Begawan BS8411. Brunei Darussalam. email:[email protected]. Editor:

Nellie Dato Paduka Haji Sunny. Photo credits. Nellie, Nurul Rasyidah, Nor Rahidah, Norliha, Saidah, Amal

Syukriyyah, Pg Hj Mohd Shahminan. Credits: Brunei, Borneo Bulletin, Media Permata, www.rtbnews.rtb.gov.bn,

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