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Reflections

After 5 years of teaching in a secondary school where I enjoyed being with students and participating in their activities, I became a professional librarian in 1976. In the early years of librarianship in Malaysia, local librarians had to obtain their professional qualifications from abroad, until l...

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Main Author: Wing, Foong Chew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Persatuan Pustakawan Malaysia 2012
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Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources
Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/34085/1/4_Chew_12.pdf
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spelling my.usm.eprints.34085 http://eprints.usm.my/34085/ Reflections Wing, Foong Chew Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources After 5 years of teaching in a secondary school where I enjoyed being with students and participating in their activities, I became a professional librarian in 1976. In the early years of librarianship in Malaysia, local librarians had to obtain their professional qualifications from abroad, until library schools were established in Malaysia from 1968 onwards. I began my PPM (Persatuan Perpustakaan Malaysia = Library Association of Malaysia) part-time course in 1972 and took The Library Association (British) examinations. Only 10% of the class of 70 students made it to the end. At this juncture, it is fitting to recognize the role and achievements of the pioneer Malaysian librarians who established PPM in 1955 with the objectives of pursuing librarianship as a recognized profession by the Government, setting up the National Library and State Public Libraries, and working towards the establishment of library schools in universities. Persatuan Pustakawan Malaysia 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/34085/1/4_Chew_12.pdf Wing, Foong Chew (2012) Reflections. Jurnal PPM: Journal of Malaysian Librarians, 6. pp. 1-13. ISSN 1823-6308 http://www.myjurnal.my/public/browse-journal-view.php?id=271
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Wing, Foong Chew
Reflections
description After 5 years of teaching in a secondary school where I enjoyed being with students and participating in their activities, I became a professional librarian in 1976. In the early years of librarianship in Malaysia, local librarians had to obtain their professional qualifications from abroad, until library schools were established in Malaysia from 1968 onwards. I began my PPM (Persatuan Perpustakaan Malaysia = Library Association of Malaysia) part-time course in 1972 and took The Library Association (British) examinations. Only 10% of the class of 70 students made it to the end. At this juncture, it is fitting to recognize the role and achievements of the pioneer Malaysian librarians who established PPM in 1955 with the objectives of pursuing librarianship as a recognized profession by the Government, setting up the National Library and State Public Libraries, and working towards the establishment of library schools in universities.
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