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Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries

This study evaluates the completeness of award winning titles in public library holdings. Three book awards were selected as authoritative lists: (i) National Book Award, (ii) National Prime Literary Award and (iii) National Library Book Award. Three Public Library Corporations were chosen namely Se...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Nadzri Mohamad,, Mohd Sharif Mohd Saad,, Fuziah Mohd Nadzar,
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Published: Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
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spelling my-ukm.journal.78992016-12-14T06:45:34Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7899/ Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries Ahmad Nadzri Mohamad, Mohd Sharif Mohd Saad, Fuziah Mohd Nadzar, This study evaluates the completeness of award winning titles in public library holdings. Three book awards were selected as authoritative lists: (i) National Book Award, (ii) National Prime Literary Award and (iii) National Library Book Award. Three Public Library Corporations were chosen namely Selangor (PPAS), Terengganu (PPNT) and Pahang (PPAP) Public Library Corporations. The objectives of the study were threefold: (i) to identify the availability of award winning books (ii) to identify the completeness of winning titles in each award and (iii) To identify books with the highest number of copies in public library corporations. An inductive checklist evaluation method was used. Collectively, it was found that PPAS has the highest number of copies, i.e. 66.4% (2450 books), followed by PPNT, 30.2% (1115 books) and PPAP with 3.4% (124 books). The public library corporation with the most complete collection is PPAS at 42.8% (62 titles), followed by PPNT at 33.1% (48 titles) and PPAP at 24.1% (35 titles). Award winning titles with the highest number of copies was listed accordingly. This study is imperative to determine the awareness of public libraries in selecting award winning titles as a part of their collection. Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7899/1/010-019.pdf Ahmad Nadzri Mohamad, and Mohd Sharif Mohd Saad, and Fuziah Mohd Nadzar, (2013) Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries. e-BANGI: Jurnal Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, 8 (1). pp. 10-19. ISSN 1823-884x http://www.ukm.my/e-bangi/
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description This study evaluates the completeness of award winning titles in public library holdings. Three book awards were selected as authoritative lists: (i) National Book Award, (ii) National Prime Literary Award and (iii) National Library Book Award. Three Public Library Corporations were chosen namely Selangor (PPAS), Terengganu (PPNT) and Pahang (PPAP) Public Library Corporations. The objectives of the study were threefold: (i) to identify the availability of award winning books (ii) to identify the completeness of winning titles in each award and (iii) To identify books with the highest number of copies in public library corporations. An inductive checklist evaluation method was used. Collectively, it was found that PPAS has the highest number of copies, i.e. 66.4% (2450 books), followed by PPNT, 30.2% (1115 books) and PPAP with 3.4% (124 books). The public library corporation with the most complete collection is PPAS at 42.8% (62 titles), followed by PPNT at 33.1% (48 titles) and PPAP at 24.1% (35 titles). Award winning titles with the highest number of copies was listed accordingly. This study is imperative to determine the awareness of public libraries in selecting award winning titles as a part of their collection.
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author Ahmad Nadzri Mohamad,
Mohd Sharif Mohd Saad,
Fuziah Mohd Nadzar,
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Mohd Sharif Mohd Saad,
Fuziah Mohd Nadzar,
Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries
author_facet Ahmad Nadzri Mohamad,
Mohd Sharif Mohd Saad,
Fuziah Mohd Nadzar,
author_sort Ahmad Nadzri Mohamad,
title Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries
title_short Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries
title_full Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries
title_fullStr Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries
title_full_unstemmed Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries
title_sort measuring the availability of award winning titles in public libraries
publisher Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2013
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7899/1/010-019.pdf
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