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A study of the factors affecting rural library services in Malaysia/ Salasiah M. Said and Wan Ab. Kadir Wan Dollah

This study aims at identifying factors affecting the rural library services in Malaysia. This study focused on the staff capabilities in conducting rural library services, use of collections and /CT services in rural libraries. There are several problems associated with the rural library services, s...

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Main Authors: M. Said, Salasiah, Wan Dollah, Wan Ab. Kadir
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2012
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Village libraries. Rural libraries
Information services. Information centers
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spelling my.uitm.ir.507022021-09-22T03:59:34Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/50702/ A study of the factors affecting rural library services in Malaysia/ Salasiah M. Said and Wan Ab. Kadir Wan Dollah M. Said, Salasiah Wan Dollah, Wan Ab. Kadir Village libraries. Rural libraries Information services. Information centers This study aims at identifying factors affecting the rural library services in Malaysia. This study focused on the staff capabilities in conducting rural library services, use of collections and /CT services in rural libraries. There are several problems associated with the rural library services, such as lack of commitment among the library staff, inadequate resources needed by the community, out-of-date collections, services such as multimedia connection are scarce and there was a lack of awareness among the rural community on the benefits of using the Internet. The research employed a case study approach in 2 rural libraries in Selangor. The findings indicate that: (a) majority of the respondents agreed the staff capabilities in conducting rural library services (mean=4.40); {b) majority of the respondents agreed that rural library provides sufficient and suitable collections to the users (mean=4.28); and (c) majority of the respondents agreed that /CT services is sufficient and should be continued (mean=4.22). Recommendations were made on the need for the better improvement for the efficient and utilisation of rural library. Finally, the researchers propose directions for future research in the area of rural library services. Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2012-12 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/50702/1/50702.PDF ID50702 M. Said, Salasiah and Wan Dollah, Wan Ab. Kadir (2012) A study of the factors affecting rural library services in Malaysia/ Salasiah M. Said and Wan Ab. Kadir Wan Dollah. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 2 (1). pp. 71-81. ISSN ISSN:2231-8836 ; E-ISSN:2289-5337 https://ijikm.uitm.edu.my/
institution Universiti Teknologi Mara
building Tun Abdul Razak Library
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country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Teknologi Mara
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topic Village libraries. Rural libraries
Information services. Information centers
spellingShingle Village libraries. Rural libraries
Information services. Information centers
M. Said, Salasiah
Wan Dollah, Wan Ab. Kadir
A study of the factors affecting rural library services in Malaysia/ Salasiah M. Said and Wan Ab. Kadir Wan Dollah
description This study aims at identifying factors affecting the rural library services in Malaysia. This study focused on the staff capabilities in conducting rural library services, use of collections and /CT services in rural libraries. There are several problems associated with the rural library services, such as lack of commitment among the library staff, inadequate resources needed by the community, out-of-date collections, services such as multimedia connection are scarce and there was a lack of awareness among the rural community on the benefits of using the Internet. The research employed a case study approach in 2 rural libraries in Selangor. The findings indicate that: (a) majority of the respondents agreed the staff capabilities in conducting rural library services (mean=4.40); {b) majority of the respondents agreed that rural library provides sufficient and suitable collections to the users (mean=4.28); and (c) majority of the respondents agreed that /CT services is sufficient and should be continued (mean=4.22). Recommendations were made on the need for the better improvement for the efficient and utilisation of rural library. Finally, the researchers propose directions for future research in the area of rural library services.
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author M. Said, Salasiah
Wan Dollah, Wan Ab. Kadir
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Wan Dollah, Wan Ab. Kadir
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title A study of the factors affecting rural library services in Malaysia/ Salasiah M. Said and Wan Ab. Kadir Wan Dollah
title_short A study of the factors affecting rural library services in Malaysia/ Salasiah M. Said and Wan Ab. Kadir Wan Dollah
title_full A study of the factors affecting rural library services in Malaysia/ Salasiah M. Said and Wan Ab. Kadir Wan Dollah
title_fullStr A study of the factors affecting rural library services in Malaysia/ Salasiah M. Said and Wan Ab. Kadir Wan Dollah
title_full_unstemmed A study of the factors affecting rural library services in Malaysia/ Salasiah M. Said and Wan Ab. Kadir Wan Dollah
title_sort study of the factors affecting rural library services in malaysia/ salasiah m. said and wan ab. kadir wan dollah
publisher Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA
publishDate 2012
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/50702/1/50702.PDF
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