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Digital libraries in Malaysia: problems faced and factors for future growth/ Norasiah Harun

The article is based on the doctoral research findings from both the questionnaire (223 respondents) and interview sessions with 36 libraries (9 academic, 21 special and 6-state/public libraries). It was found that Malaysian libraries were facing various kinds of problems. Top in the list was the la...

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Main Author: Harun, Norasiah
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Language:English
Published: Fakulti of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2011
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Integrated library systems
Information services. Information centers
Digital libraries
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spelling my.uitm.ir.521062021-10-14T08:57:07Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/52106/ Digital libraries in Malaysia: problems faced and factors for future growth/ Norasiah Harun Harun, Norasiah Integrated library systems Information services. Information centers Digital libraries The article is based on the doctoral research findings from both the questionnaire (223 respondents) and interview sessions with 36 libraries (9 academic, 21 special and 6-state/public libraries). It was found that Malaysian libraries were facing various kinds of problems. Top in the list was the lack of Information Technology (IT) personnel; followed by the lack of budget, lack of digital library initiatives (DL/s) and /CT training, renewal of online subscriptions, lack of and under utilization of digital resources, and lack of suitable integrated library system. Digital library related problems were lack of staff (professional, support and IT), absence of a blueprint and National Information Infrastructure (NII) policy, digital project was too expensive which could be due to budget constrain, lack of role model and problems related to Copyright Act clearance. As the outcome of the findings, a total of eleven factors for future growth have been proposed. Fakulti of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/52106/1/52106.PDF ID52106 Harun, Norasiah (2011) Digital libraries in Malaysia: problems faced and factors for future growth/ Norasiah Harun. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management (JIKM), 1 (1). pp. 87-99. 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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language English
topic Integrated library systems
Information services. Information centers
Digital libraries
spellingShingle Integrated library systems
Information services. Information centers
Digital libraries
Harun, Norasiah
Digital libraries in Malaysia: problems faced and factors for future growth/ Norasiah Harun
description The article is based on the doctoral research findings from both the questionnaire (223 respondents) and interview sessions with 36 libraries (9 academic, 21 special and 6-state/public libraries). It was found that Malaysian libraries were facing various kinds of problems. Top in the list was the lack of Information Technology (IT) personnel; followed by the lack of budget, lack of digital library initiatives (DL/s) and /CT training, renewal of online subscriptions, lack of and under utilization of digital resources, and lack of suitable integrated library system. Digital library related problems were lack of staff (professional, support and IT), absence of a blueprint and National Information Infrastructure (NII) policy, digital project was too expensive which could be due to budget constrain, lack of role model and problems related to Copyright Act clearance. As the outcome of the findings, a total of eleven factors for future growth have been proposed.
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author Harun, Norasiah
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title Digital libraries in Malaysia: problems faced and factors for future growth/ Norasiah Harun
title_short Digital libraries in Malaysia: problems faced and factors for future growth/ Norasiah Harun
title_full Digital libraries in Malaysia: problems faced and factors for future growth/ Norasiah Harun
title_fullStr Digital libraries in Malaysia: problems faced and factors for future growth/ Norasiah Harun
title_full_unstemmed Digital libraries in Malaysia: problems faced and factors for future growth/ Norasiah Harun
title_sort digital libraries in malaysia: problems faced and factors for future growth/ norasiah harun
publisher Fakulti of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA
publishDate 2011
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/52106/1/52106.PDF
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