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Collaboration in resource sharing among Malaysian academic libraries in a digital environment

The need for resource sharing among libraries has become even more important today with constraints of finance, space, and manpower. Traditional forms of resource sharing – inter-library loans and document delivery – are more suited to a print environment than a digital environment. The digital envi...

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Main Authors:	Kaur, Harvinder, Kaur, Kiran, Singh, Diljit
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2006
Subjects:	QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources Collections Library science. Information science Information resources (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/637/1/Resource%2BSharing_kiran.pdf http://eprints.um.edu.my/637/
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spelling	my.um.eprints.6372019-01-16T00:50:13Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/637/ Collaboration in resource sharing among Malaysian academic libraries in a digital environment Kaur, Harvinder Kaur, Kiran Singh, Diljit QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources Collections Library science. Information science Information resources (General) The need for resource sharing among libraries has become even more important today with constraints of finance, space, and manpower. Traditional forms of resource sharing – inter-library loans and document delivery – are more suited to a print environment than a digital environment. The digital environment however provides many new opportunities for resource sharing, and the literature suggests many emerging models. This paper examines the views, practices, and plans of resource sharing among Malaysian academic libraries. From the interviews conducted, it was noted that librarians were aware of and support the concept of resource sharing. Current resource sharing activities in Malaysia centre on inter-library loans and document delivery services. Resource sharing in the digital environment is based on existing collaborative projects, and the proposed Consortium of Malaysian Libraries. Factors that influence success in resource sharing include the need for a shared commitment, the willingness to contribute, technologically skilled staff, and a need to understand legal implications. 2006 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed text en http://eprints.um.edu.my/637/1/Resource%2BSharing_kiran.pdf Kaur, Harvinder and Kaur, Kiran and Singh, Diljit (2006) Collaboration in resource sharing among Malaysian academic libraries in a digital environment. In: 13th CONSAL General Conference, 25-30 March 2006, Metro-Manila, Philippines. (Unpublished)
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topic	QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources Collections Library science. Information science Information resources (General)
spellingShingle	QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources Collections Library science. Information science Information resources (General) Kaur, Harvinder Kaur, Kiran Singh, Diljit Collaboration in resource sharing among Malaysian academic libraries in a digital environment
description	The need for resource sharing among libraries has become even more important today with constraints of finance, space, and manpower. Traditional forms of resource sharing – inter-library loans and document delivery – are more suited to a print environment than a digital environment. The digital environment however provides many new opportunities for resource sharing, and the literature suggests many emerging models. This paper examines the views, practices, and plans of resource sharing among Malaysian academic libraries. From the interviews conducted, it was noted that librarians were aware of and support the concept of resource sharing. Current resource sharing activities in Malaysia centre on inter-library loans and document delivery services. Resource sharing in the digital environment is based on existing collaborative projects, and the proposed Consortium of Malaysian Libraries. Factors that influence success in resource sharing include the need for a shared commitment, the willingness to contribute, technologically skilled staff, and a need to understand legal implications.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Kaur, Harvinder Kaur, Kiran Singh, Diljit
author_facet	Kaur, Harvinder Kaur, Kiran Singh, Diljit
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title	Collaboration in resource sharing among Malaysian academic libraries in a digital environment
title_short	Collaboration in resource sharing among Malaysian academic libraries in a digital environment
title_full	Collaboration in resource sharing among Malaysian academic libraries in a digital environment
title_fullStr	Collaboration in resource sharing among Malaysian academic libraries in a digital environment
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