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Berita PPM Julai/Ogos/September 2006 .1

ALA Contributes Funds For Aceh LibrariesThrough PPM

Julai/Ogos/September 2006

Berita PPM keluaran ini ditaja oleh McGraw-Hill Education (Asia)

ALA Contributes Funds For Aceh Libraries ThroughPPM 1

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Register Yourself At PPM’s Website 2

Anugerah Perpustakaan Cemerlang 2007 2

Aktiviti PPMKalendar Aktiviti PPM 2006 3Senarai Ahli Baru PPM 3

Persidangan/SeminarPakej PPM Ke International Conference Of AsianDigital Libraries 2006 3International Library & Information Conferences2006/2007 3

Aktiviti PPM

Staff Development, Training and Attachment

Programme 4

Kempen Membaca Kebangsaan 5

Malaysian Librarians Attend WLIC/IFLA

Seoul 2006 6

Persidangan/Seminar

Seminar Pendigitan Koleksi Perpustakaan 10

Berita Perlantikan / Persaraan

Perlantikan / Persaraan 11

Maklumat Penaja

McGraw-Hill Education (Asia) 12

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The Librarians’ Association ofMalaysia (PPM) received acheque for USD$15,400 from

the American Library Association (ALA)to support efforts to rebuild library andliteracy services in the Aceh Province,at a ceremony which took place at

the World Library and InformationConference / International Federationof Library Associations and Institutions77th General Conference in Seoul, Koreaon 22nd August 2006. The World Libraryand Information Conference wasattended by about 40 Malaysian

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Yang Di Pertua dan Ahli Majlis PPMserta Sidang Pengarang Berita PPM ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk

mengucapkanSelamat Berpuasa dan Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

kepada semua ahli PPM yang beragama Islamdan ucapan

Selamat Menyambut Perayaaan Deepavali

bagi ahli PPM yang beragama Hindu

Council members with IFLA President, Dr. Alex Byrne at cheque presentation ceremony

Berita PPM versi online boleh diaksesdi www.ppm55.org.my

PPM Council Members2005-2007

PresidentPutri Saniah Megat Abdul Rahman

Vice President IMohd Sharif Mohd Saad

Vice President IISiti Zakiah Aman

Immediate Past PresidentDato’ Zawiyah Baba

Honorary SecretaryMaimunah Kadir

Honorary Assistant SecretaryAzlan Mohamad Hamzah

TreasurerChin Loy Jyoon

Assistant TreasurerHashimah Mohd Yusoff

Council MembersNafisah AhmadHasbullah Atan

Che Norma BahriNor Edzan Che NasirNorma Mohd DarusRaslin Abu BakarHasnita Ibrahim

Sidang Pengarang Berita PPMKetua Pengarang

Nor Edzan Che Nasir

Sidang Pengarang

Azmah IshakAzlan Mohamad Hamzah

Hasbullah AtanHazmir Hj ZainalMaimunah Kadir

Norbaizura Hj Malek

Grafik/Layout

Rusiah Husin

Berita PPM mengalu-alukansumbangan berita

dari ahli. Sila salurkan artikel ke

Prof Madya Nor Edzan CheNasir :

[email protected]

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ANUGERAH PERPUSTAKAAN CEMERLANG 2007

Kami menjemput tuan/puan untuk menyertai AnugerahPerpustakaan Cemerlang PPM 2007. Sila dapatkan garispanduanserta borang penyertaan di laman Web PPM(http://www.ppm55.org.my).

Tarikh tutup penyertaan ialah pada 4 November 2006.

Register Yourself At PPM’s Website

We would like to seek our members’ assistance to registeryourselves at our website. It’s simple and all you have to do is:

1. Go to http://www.ppm55.org.my2. Under USER LOGIN, click CREATE NEW ACCOUNT3. Fill in USER NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS, NAME, INSTITUTION

ADDRESS, FAX NUMBER, CONTACT NUMBER4. Click on CREATE NEW ACCOUNT5. You will get this message:

Thank you for applying for an account. Your account iscurrently pending approval by the site administrator. In themeantime, your password and further instructions havebeen sent to your e-mail address.

librarians led by PPM President PuanPutri Saniah Megat Abdul Rahman.

The funds, raised through the ALALibrary Disaster Relief Fund whichwas established in the wake of theDecember 2004 tsunami, willprovide support for projectsidentified by the IFLA StandingCommittee for Asia and Oceaniaaimed at providing relief for thoseaffected by the calamities causedby the tsunami. PPM also receiveda further EUR450 from IFLAPresident Dr. Alex Byrne on behalfof the United States AgriculturalInformation Network (USAIN).

The Librarians’ Association ofMalaysia had organized a mission toAceh from 5-9 August 2005 to findout the extent of damage andassistance required for therebuilding of libraries and libraryservices in Aceh as well as theliteracy projects undertaken byvoluntary organizations such as thePhi Beta Learning Centre. TheReport of the PPM misson werecirculated to IFLA and libraryassociations and organizationsinterested in helping and rebuilding

library services in Aceh.

A special fund called the PPM AcehLibraries Fund was launched by PPMat their Annual General Meeting inApril 2006. The funds collected byALA will be used to purchase readingmaterials in the Indonesian languagefor the Phi Beta Learning Centremobile library. The Phi Beta LearningCentre in Banda Aceh is supportedby the Aceh Relief Fund (ARF) setup by Malaysian and Indonesianstudents at Cornell University, NewYork.

Dato’ Zawiyah Baba, former Director-General of the National Library andChairman of the External AidCommittee of the Librarians’Association of Malaysia (PPM) gave apresentation on the work of theLibrarians Association of Malaysia inAceh at the session on Managementof Library Associations on 21st August2006 at the Conference.Dato’ Zawiyah can be contacted at

[email protected] or by telephoneat 0122329549.

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Aktiviti PPM


Bil Nama No. Ahli Organisasi1. Abdul Rahim B. Abdul Razak P 1239 Opus International Group Plc2. Ahmad Zam Hariro Samsudin P 1236 Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)3. Asmadi B Mohammed Ghazali P 1235 Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)4. Akmasuziati Bt.mat Jusoh @ Abdullah P 1231 Kolej Islam Antarabangsa Sultan Ismail

Petra (KIAS)5. Kamal Bin Sujak P 1237 Multimedia University6. Mornizan Bt Hj Yahya P 1238 Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)7. Nordibradini Bt Hj Selamat P 1234 Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)8. Norul Huda Bt. Makhtar P 1229 Universiti Darul Iman Malaysia

Kampus KUSZA9. Noorli Shahizam Bt. Mohd Nor A 1228 Kolej Teknologi Darul Naim10. Hasliza Bt Ali P 1232 Universiti Sains Malaysia11. Norhayati bt. Nordin P 1233 Kolej Universiti Sains & Teknologi Malaysia

(KUSTEM)12. Tengku Adli Tengku Zahid P1230 Kolej Islam Sains & Teknologi (KIST)

13. Hajah Kamsiah Bt. Hji Ahmad A 764 Universiti Brunei Darussalam Library14. Mohd Hardyman Bin Barawi A 647 Pelajar15. Tristan Barter I 1202 Swets Information Services16. Wong Siew Chin A 646 Pelajar

Ahli Bersekutu

SENARAI AHLI BARU PPM

Ahli Profesional

27 – 30 November 2006 : International Conferenceon Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL) 2007. Kyoto,Japan.

29 – 31 January 2007: Librarians Learning,Strengthening, Moving Forward. Conference &Workshop. Singapore. Library Association of Singapore.Please email [email protected] for details.

21 – 27 June 2007: ALA Annual Conference &Exhibition. American Library Association. WashingtonDC. Contact International Relations Office ALA at email

[email protected] or visit the website at www.ala.org/ala/iro

16-20 July 2007: 2007 IASL Conference:Cyberspace, D-world, E-learning: Giving Libraries andSchools the Cutting Edge - Taipei, Taiwan.Organised by the Library Association of the Republicof China (Taiwan). More information available at

http://www.iasl-slo.org/conference2007-call.html

19 -23 August 2007: World Library & InformationCongress / 73rd IFLA General Conference & Council,Durban, South Africa. Theme : Libraries for the Future:Progress, Development & Partnerships. Contact theIFLA/WLIC Conference Secretariat at

[email protected]

29 – 31 October 2007 : 10th ILDS Conference(Interlending and Document Supply). Resource Sharingfor the Future: Building Blocks to Success. SingaporeNational Library Board. Please access the website at

www.nlb.gov.sg/ilds

INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY & INFORMATION

CONFERENCES 2006/2007

Aktiviti : Jamuan Hari Raya (Tarikh akan diumumkan)

Tempat: Kuala LumpurTarikh : November 2006

Aktiviti : International Conference Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL)

Tempat: Kyoto, JapanTarikh : November 2006

Aktiviti : Kursus Pembantu PerpustakaanTempat: Port Dickson

Tarikh : Disember 2006

Aktiviti : Forum PembacaanTempat: Kuala LumpurTarikh : Akan Diumumkan

Aktiviti : 5th Digital ConferenceTempat: Akan diumumkanTarikh : Akan diumumkan

Kalendar Aktiviti PPM 2006

Pakej PPM Ke International Conference OfAsian Digital Libraries 2006

Tempat : Universiti Kyoto, Jepun Tarikh : 27 - 30 November 2006

Untuk maklumat lanjut mengenai yuran dan pendaftaran,sila layari laman web ICADL 2006 di URL :http://www.icadl2006.org/

Untuk maklumat lanjut mengenai pakej sila hubungi:Hasbullah Atan (emel: [email protected] atautel: 03-86567228 atau layari laman web PPM : http://www.ppm55.org.my

Persidangan / Seminar


Aktiviti PPM

PENGENALAN

Program yang dianjurkan oleh PPM telah disertai oleh sebelasorang Pustakawan dari Perpustakaan Universiti Awam diMalaysia yang terdiri dari Puan Paiza Idris (UiTM) selaku Ketuadelegasi, Puan Kamariah Nor Mohd Desa (UTM), Encik AbuHassan Ghazali (UUM), Encik Atip Ali (KUSTEM), Puan Dg.Rukiah Awg. Amit (UMS), Puan Lela Ruzma Mohd Shaari(UKM), Encik Wan Suhaimi Ariffin (HUKM), Puan NorainiMukhtar (UIA), Puan Zainun Mat Nor (UNIMAS), Encik Mohd

Pisol Ghadzali (USM) dan Encik Mohd Idris Hj Ali (USM).

PENERBANGAN KE AUSTRALIA

Di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA),peserta telah diberi taklimat oleh Puan Putri Saniah (PresidenPPM) dan Puan Maimunah mengenai tujuan dan objektifprogram di samping perkara yang perlu diambil perhatianseperti disiplin, aturcara dan sebagainya. Peserta dimintamenjaga nama baik Pustakawan dan Negara Malaysia.

Peserta bertolak dari KLIA jam 9.40 pagi denganpenerbangan Malaysia Airlines dan sampai di Lapangan

Terbang Brisbane jam 7.30 malam waktu Australia. Sebaiksampai, peserta dibawa terus ke tempat penginapanbertempat di Toowong Inn & Suites, Toowong, Brisbane.

PROGRAM ORIENTASI

Keesokan hari, Ahad 18 Jun 2006, peserta dibawa melawatke Lone Pine Koala Santuary yang terkenal dengan binatangkoala dan kangaroo. Lawatan sehari ini juga merangkumi

bandar Brisbane dan dibawa oleh Pustakawan University ofQueensland, Ms. Heather Todd.

Pada 19 Jun 2006 peserta dibawa ke tempat latihan dansangkutan di University of Queensland Library (UQL) dengan

menaiki bas bersama Ms. Heather Todd. Semua pesertadisambut dan diperkenalkan kepada Pustakawan Universityof Queensland dan juga di bawa melawat sekitarperpustakaan-perpustakaan yang terdapat dalam kampus.Peserta juga dibawa melawat kemudahan yang terdapat disekitar kampus seperti bank, pejabat pos, kedai makan,farmasi, kompleks sukan, perhentian bas dan lain-lainnya.Semua peserta diberikan kemudahan mengakses Internetdan e-mel di dalam perpustakaan dan sebuah biliksembahyang juga disediakan.

PROGRAM LATIHAN

Aturcara /jadual agak padat setiap hari bermula jam 9.00pagi hingga 5.00 petang dengan kuliah, perbincangan,

seminar dan lawatan. Tajuk-tajuk kuliah dan perbincanganadalah seperti berikut;

1. Library building: design and planning2. Library users and their information needs

3. Marketing library services4. Training library staff and students to use computers

and application in the library

5. Information skills for library users and library staff6. The systems environment7. Accessing electronic resources via the library8. Quality and benchmarking9. Budget development and financial planning

10. Collection development: policy and practices11. Selecting, acquiring and managing electronic

information resources

12. Managing networked resources and services13. Managing the information technology14. Integrated library management systems15. Document delivery services16. Train the trainer-theory

17. Strategic and operational planning18. Staff resources

Penceramah terdiri dari Pustakawan UQL sendiri yang

PPM/University Of Queensland Library:

Peserta kursus bergambar bersama fasilitator-fasilitator UQ

Staff Development, Training And Attachment Programme – Creating ALibrary Of The Future16 Jun – 1 Julai 2006

oleh : Che Norma Bahri, Mohd Idris Hj Ali dan Mohd Pisol Ghadzali (Universiti Sains Malaysia).


Aktiviti PPM

untuk memasak. Pada malam terakhir semua peserta telahdijamu oleh pelajar Malaysia yang terdiri dari beberapa pelajarIPTA yang sedang melanjutkan pelajaran dalam bidangkedoktoran. Sambil menjamu selera, peserta dapat bertukarfikiran dan memahami keadaan dan masalah pelajar-pelajartersebut.

PENERBANGAN BALIK

Peserta bertolak balik pada 1 Julai 2006 jam 11.50 malamwaktu Australia dan sampai di KLIA pada 2 Julai 2006 jam6.00 pagi.

RUMUSAN

Program ini telah mencapai matlamat dan objektif yangditetapkan oleh PPM. Ia amat berfaedah serta banyakpengetahuan dan pengalaman yang diperolehi dan dipelajari.Di samping kuliah yang diberikan, peserta juga dapat melihatbudaya kerja dan pelaksanaan program/aktiviti yangdijalankan di UQL dan Universiti lain yang dilawati. Merekaamat mengutamakan pelanggan dan ‘branding’, dan masing-masing berlumba untuk menjadi sebuah Perpustakaan danUniverisiti yang menjadi contoh dan di ‘benchmark’ olehUniversiti lain.

Peserta berharap program seperti ini dapat diteruskan lagiuntuk manfaat Pustakawan lain pada masa akan datang.

pembacaan serta pencarian ilmuuntuk pengunjung diadakan sepertiGali Kata, Cuit-Cuit Kata, Putar-PutarIlmu, Klinik membaca, MengenaliKarya Tersohor, Nukilan Kreatif, Bornto Read, Anjung Ilmu danpenampilan artis popular sebagai ikonkempen.

PPM telah dijemput oleh PNM untukmenyertai program tersebut. Di

sudut PPM, maklumat sepertipengenalan, objektif, sejarah sertaaktiviti PPM dipaparkan. Untuk

memeriahkan dan memperkenalkanPPM kepada pengunjung yang terdiridari pelajar dan berbagai lapisanmasyarakat, E-J Inforace diadakan.Selain soalan mengenai PPM,

disertakan soalan dari pembekalmaklumat iaitu BLIS (Bernama Library& Infolink Service) dan Encyclopedia

Britannica Online.

Aktiviti sampingan yang lain sepertiPeta Minda dan Kuiz Foto jugadiadakan. Penyertaan adalah amat

menggalakkan mungkin keranahadiah dan cenderahati yangdisediakan. Kehadiran pengunjung

yang tidak putus, memeriahkan lagipesta tersebut. Mereka yang bertugassecara bergilir-gilir selama tiga hari ialahPuan Putri Saniah, Puan Maimunah, EncikHasbullah, Puan Chin Loy Jyoon, PuanHasnita, Encik. Azlan, Cik Mariati, Encik

Zainul, Puan Rohana, Puan Rohani, CikMasfaliza, Cik Rozlen, Encik Zubir, Puan.Rajeswary dan Puan Jariah Jais.

Semoga RM25 juta yang diperuntukkan

oleh kerajaan bagi meneruskan kempenmembaca secara besar-besaranmembabitkan semua lapisan masyarakat

dan kawasan di seluruh negara dalamtempoh lima tahun tercapai denganjayanya. Diharap PPM juga dapatmemainkan peranan membantumenjayakan kempen membaca agar

tercapai matlamatnya.

mempunyai pengalaman dan pengetahuan yang luas bagisetiap tajuk kuliah yang diberikan, peserta ditunjukkancontoh program yang dilaksanakan di UQL.

PROGRAM LAWATAN

Di samping kuliah dan perbincangan, peserta juga di bawamelawat ke Perpustakaan Cawangan University ofQueensland dan dua perpustakaan lain iaitu;

1. Ipswich Library (Cawangan UQL)2. Gaton Library (Cawangan UQL)3. University of the Sunshine Coast Library4. Queensland University of Technology Library

AKTIVITI HUJUNG MINGGU/SOSIAL

Hari Sabtu dan Ahad adalah hari yang bebas. Peserta telahberkesempatan melawat pantai Gold Coast dan Point Dangerdi New South Wales dan beberapa tempat membeli belahdengan menyewa van. Aktiviti disertai juga oleh PustakawanUQL, Ms. Wai Wai Lui.

Layanan, sambutan dan hospitaliti sangat baik. SemuaPustakawan dan staf di UQL memberi kerjasama yang baikdan amat memuaskan. Mereka amat prihatin dengankeperluan dan permintaan peserta di samping telahmenyediakan kemudahan bilik sembahyang, Internet dankomputer riba untuk dibawa balik ke tempat penginapan.

Makanan tidak menjadi masalah kerana terdapat beberapakedai yang menjual makanan halal termasuk daging danayam. Begitu juga di tempat penginapan disediakan tempat

Kempen

Kempen Membaca Kebangsaan2006 telah dilancarkan oleh Y. B.Dato’ Seri Utama Dr Rais Yatim

pada 14 Julai 2006 bertempat diDewan Pameran 2, Pusat KonvensyenKuala Lumpur (KLCC). Pesta Membacaini dianjurkan oleh KementerianKebudayaan, Kesenian, dan Warisan(KeKKWa) dengan kerjasamaPerpustakaan Negara Malaysia (PNM),bertemakan “Bangsa Membaca BangsaBerjaya”.

Program yang bermula dari 14 Julaisehingga 16 Julai 2006, bertujuanmenggiatkan kempen membaca diseluruh negara serta mencapai sarananyang dikehendaki oleh Perdana Menterikita untuk menjadikan rakyat Malaysiamasyarakat ‘Minda Kelas Pertama’.Matlamat utama ialah untuk menjadikanamalan membaca satu budaya.Perpustakaan di seluruh Malaysiadigalakkan untuk menganjurkanpelbagai program dan aktiviti galakanmembaca.

Pameran, jualan buku beserta pelbagaiprogram dan aktiviti berasaskan

MEMBACA KEBANGSAAN

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Aktiviti PPM

MALAYSIAN Librarians Attend WLIC/IFLA Seoul 2006

PPM IFLA PACKAGEEvery year for the last six years, PPMhas been organizing a package forMalaysian librarians to attend the annualIFLA Conference, held in different citiesannually. The PPM package to WLIC/IFLA 2006 in Seoul from 18–26 Augustprovided librarians with an excellentopportunity to attend the mostimportant world library conference atan affordable price in the company offellow professionals and to visit Seoul,one of the world’s fast developing Asiancapitals. I, for one, had never visitedSeoul and IFLA was a very good reasonto make this visit. An old friend fromthe International Graduate SummerSchool, Abersytwyth in 1980, Prof. Dr.Han Sang Wan was the organizingChairman and I had promised to try mybest to attend. Maimunah Kadir, PPM’sHonorary Secretary and Chief Librarianat the HUKM Medical Library was ourseasoned and trusted coordinator,having successfully organized PPM toursto book fairs and conferences aroundthe globe. At RM3750 for twinaccommodation, and an additionalRM1000 for a single accommodation,the package attracted a good mix ofsome 26 librarians from national,academic, public and special libraries aswell as library schools. The group alsoincluded 2 retired librarians and twolibrary vendors. The PPM delegationwas led by our President, Puan PutriSaniah Megat Abdul Rahman, formerChief Librarian of Perpustakaan Tun SeriLanang, UKM.

DEPARTURE AT KLIAWe would have preferred to fly Malaysia

Airlines but due to problems withconfirmation for our return journey, weopted to fly Korean Airl ines.Apprehension about halal meals wasallayed by assurances from our agent

that halal meals would be served forMuslim members on board. James, therepresentative from our travel agent,

Commonwealth Tours, was at theairport to check us in and to hand usour travel bag, medical insurance etc.Our plane took off right on schedule at1.05 am on 18 August 2006. And yes,

the promised meal was delivered andwe quickly dozed off, although not toosoundly.

ARRIVAL AT INCHEON AIRPORT,SEOUL

We arrived at Seoul’s IncheonAirport in good time and soon foundourselves at the immigrationcounters. Here was our firstencounter with Korean officialdomand we were unimpressed. Therewere long and very slow queues fornon-Korean passports as there wasonly one counter open but therewere several for Korean passports.Perhaps it was too early in themorning and they were notexpecting visitors. Another counter

opened and those in the back of thequeue rushed to the new counter

only to find out that the computerwas not working. So back they came

to join the original queue. We couldnot believe that this was Seoul and

started making comparisons withKLIA’s immigration and technologywise, we are definitely better off.

Before long, a very busy lookingofficial started directing people toother queues and we noticed thatnew counters had opened. Thisstarted a rush for the other 2 or 3

counters and things started moving.The same official busied himselfushering people to different queues

as it got shorter. But we decided tostay put as our queue was alsomoving rather quickly and we did nottake kindly to being directed hereand there.

SEOUL CITYOnce we cleared immigration,

customs was no hassle as we hadnothing to declare. From then on, weexperienced nothing but efficiency,beginning with the Korean road andtransport system. Our clean and largetour bus was waiting at a convenientcorner of the airport and once all ourbags were loaded into the luggagecompartments, we were off on a citytour of Seoul. The weather was fine,hot like in Malaysia, but we werecomfortable in the air-conditioned bus.Our tour guide, Mike, an Englishspeaking Korean, still a rare breed aswe were to discover, was amiable,humorous and knowledgeable and filledus in on Korean history and culture aswell as recent developments in thecountry. We took in the KyongbokPalace and Korean War Museum before

lunch at a north Indian restaurant. Wesaw a bit more of the older part of thecity before crossing the Han River,whichdivides old Seoul from the new Seoul,towards our hotel.

SEOUL RESIDENCEChecking in at Seoul Residence, the

unpretentious hotel frontage, made uspray silently that the rooms would turnout to be much better and theyactually did. We walked into very cleanrooms with very comfortable looking

beds. The room was fully equipped withthe usual facilities and furnishing plus atwo-cooker stove, complete with

hood, a microwave oven, oven toaster,pots and pans and cutlery, kitchen sink

At the opening ceremony of WLIC at COEX

By: Dato’ Zawiyah Baba


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with washing liquid, towel and cleaningcloth, washing machine and drying area!When the doorbell rings you could seewho is at the door on a small screen inthe room. What more could you askfor? We quickly made someadjustments to the furniture(lightweight but strong) to create apraying area in the corner and startedunpacking. Sharif came to our aid withhis compass to determine the directionof the Kiblat for prayers. The prayertimes were provided earlier in the PPMhandbook for the Seoul package.

FIRST HALAL DINNER IN SEOULMike was waiting to take us to dinnerand some shopping in the evening atNam De Mun. There was very little timefor shopping. In fact, it was more of a

walk through the street towards theHamilton Hotel where our Pakistani

restaurant was located. As we walkedup the small hill, I was impressed with

the brightly lit Moghul restaurant at thetop of the hill, but just before we got

to the top, Mike appeared and usheredus into a side road where the restaurantwe were actually going to is located.

Stil l, I was not too disappointed.Although smaller, it was quite pleasantand the food was very good. On theway to the bus after dinner, some of usgot distracted by the shops which were

still open and Mike had quite a tryingtime rounding up the few missingpersons, all guys. That night I slept very,

very soundly.

REGISTRATION AND SECTIONMEETINGWe were up bright and early and after

Subuh prayers, Putri and I had toastand eggs for breakfast in our room. We

then made our way to the subwayMetro station with Maimunah andHasbullah to the Seoulleung on greenline 2 which was very close to ourHotel. The Coex (Conference andExhibition) Centre was just one stopaway, the Samseong Station, and thefare was 900 Korean Won (KRW),about RM3.50. We could havewalked if not for the heat. It wasvery hot in Seoul in August. Even theshort walk from the station to Coexmakes you perspire. The alternativewas to walk through the shoppingmall but there was a risk of gettingdistracted. The short distance fromour hotel to Coex enabled us to goback for lunch and prayers everyday,and return to Coex for the afternoonsessions, an arrangement which wefound very convenient.

Registration was a breeze since therewere no crowds and we had pre-

registered. The visit to the SaengbokPublic Digital Library was still open andwe had the last few tickets. Weheaded immediately for the Meetingof the Management of Library

Associations (MLAS) Section whichhad just started. The IFLA StrategicPlan and Library Advocacy were

discussed and the ALA President,Leslie Burger announced support forconferences organized by LibraryAssociations. We offered to give apresentation of PPM’s work in Aceh

to fill up last minute cancellations inthe scheduled papers for the MLASsession on Monday, 21st August, and

were immediately accepted. KeithMichael Fiels, the Chair of MLAS,Michael Dowling and others were veryfriendly and inclusive and made us feel

welcome at the committee meeting.PRESENTATION ON PPM IQRA’MISSION TO ACEHEarly Sunday morning, I borrowed alaptop which Anuar Talib from UTMbrought along with him. Maimunah hadan adaptor and Shahar had a sparethumb drive which I could borrow. Sowhile Putri attended the openingceremony, I sat down to prepare thepower point presentation of PPM’s workin supporting the rebuilding of librariesand literacy projects in Aceh.Fortunately there was a report Iprepared in the latest issue of BeritaPPM which we brought along todistribute to our counterparts. Thepresentation was the following Mondayat 10.45 am. I left early to go to theSpeakers’ Room to check my slides, loadit for presentation and print out hardcopies for reference. The auditoriumwhere the session was held was toobig for a Section’s session, and thecrowd was scattered. Otherwiseeverything went well and we were gladto have had the opportunity to talkabout our PPM Iqra’ Mission to Aceh.Present to give moral support was thePPM President, Hon. Secretary, CouncilMembers Hasbullah Atan and CheNorma Bahri.

CHEQUE PRESENTATIONThe next day PPM was a special guestat the IFLA Press Conference wherewe received a cheque for USD15,400from the US Library Associations as adonation towards PPM’s work insupporting literacy projects in Acehthrough the Phi Beta Learning Centre.The contribution was handed over in

the form of a large mock cheque byKeith Michael Fiels, Director of

International Relations, ALA. Inaddition, PPM received a contribution

of EURO450 from Dr. Alex Byrne,President of IFLA on behalf of USAIN

(US Agricultural Information Network).Although I was informed of theceremony I had no idea of the amount.So we were pleasantly surprised thatUS librarians had collected much more

than we did in Malaysia. I was given anopportunity to thank the donors andto convey our appreciation and

gratefulness of Malaysian librarians to USlibrarians for their concern and sincereefforts in helping recovery programmesfor tsunami victims in Aceh and SriLanka. Apart from me, PPM was well

represented by the President, Vice-President I, Hon. Secretary and CouncilMembers, Hasbullah Atan and Che

Norma Bahri.

Dinner at PASHA, a Turkish Restaurant



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CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION ANDATTENDANCEOn the whole, the conference was verywell organized and very well supportedby the Korean mass media and thegovernment. His Excellency thePresident of Korea officially opened theconference and the Minister of Cultureand Mayor of Seoul held receptions fordelegates. I caught a TV programme inEnglish called Global which was devotedto a discussion on IFLA and itsprogramme. The President andPresident Elect of IFLA, Chair of theOrganizing Committee participated in thediscussion hosted by a lady from theTourism Ministry. There is no doubt theorganizing committee did a tremendousjob with attention to details for all eventsin the programmes. The 200 volunteerswho came from all over Korea to helpwith the conference also played a bigpart in the organizing of theconference. Participants were not onlytreated to excellent cultural events andreceptions but were also provided withexcellent guides and transport to andfrom receptions. The cultural eveningwas a splendid and spectacular showcaseof traditional Korean music and danceand was greatly appreciated by all. It iseasily the most unforgettable momentof our stay in Seoul.

More than 5,000 participants attendedthe conference but the Coex is so hugeyou do not notice the crowd so much.We met other Malaysian librarians whocame in a separate package comprisingmainly of public librarians and State

Library Board members from Selangorand Perak. There were at least 3 plenary

and 10 concurrent sessions each dayto cater for a variety of professional

interests plus the exhibition and postersessionsand they were all held at the

Coex. A presentation by Prof. Dr. HanSang Wan, Chairman of the OrganizingCommittee and President of the Korea

Library Association on the strategicpartnership between NGOs andGovernment for library developmentespecially for school and public librariesgave an insight into how public

awareness of libraries as knowledgecentres is driving catalytic developmentof libraries in Korea. It was very nice of

Dr. Han Sang Wan to acknowledge meas his classmate at the Summer Schoolin Aberystwyth way back in 1980 beforeanswering my question during Q&A.

EXHIBITION AND POSTERSESSIONSThere were 150 exhibitors at the

conference exhibition, includingthose who have offices in Malaysiasuch as VTLS, Proquest and AccessDunia. NLB Singapore, South AfricanNational Library, National Diet Library,National Library of China and ofcourse the National Library of Korea.Food and drink was plentiful at theopening and many new digitalservices were on offer. The postersession area at the back of theexhibition hall was rather crampedbut nevertheless presented manyinteresting ideas and projects oninformation, library and literacyrelated projects.

LIBRARY VISITS

I was fortunate to be able to visitthe National Library of Korea and

Saengbok Digital Public Library, bothof which are fine examples of well-

used libraries. The National DigitalLibrary Annexe is under construction

and due for completion at the endof 2008. The Saengbok DigitalLibrary is an excellent example of acommunity and user oriented libraryrun by the City Council. The Director

and staff turned out in full force toreceive the IFLA group and wereclearly very enthusiastic and proud

of their library. The services providedby the library, especial ly forresearchers, which included a privateresearch room complete with closetand couch which catered for long-

term use at a nominal fee, wasoutstanding and fully utilized. As inthe case of the National Library and

other libraries, application oftechnology in Saengbok is veryadvanced with a high percentage of

content in the Korean language.

KOREAN LITERATURE ANDTRANSLATION INSTITUTE (KLTI)I took the opportunity to visit theKorea Literature and TranslationInstitute (KLTI) which was near theCoex to find out how the Koreansmanage to bring translation of currentworks so quickly. Two young ladiesattended to me. One of them wasthe one I communicated with viaemail. Her colleague, who was ininternational relations, had lived inCanada but attended University inKorea and spoke very good English.

They explained that it was difficult to

get senior officers to attend to medue to language problems.I found out

that while the Institute has a veryactive programme for supporting

literature and the arts, they do notundertake the translation work

themselves. Translation of commercialpublications is undertaken bycommercial publishers. There is a big

demand for translated works as thereis a large market among the highlyliterate, knowledge and researchoriented as well as competitive Koreanpopulation. There are few takers for

translation and publication of literaturehowever, which is where KLTI has toplay a major role. I was very pleased

to be presented with two recentpublications of translations, acompilation of Korean Short Storiesand an Anthology of Poems as well asthe Institute’s very well produced

newsletter. It was raining when I leftthe Institute and the civilian securityperson, at his own initiative, was kind

Library visit - Book Cafe, Saengbok Digital Public Library - cosy sofas wherepeople can enjoy books & tea



enough to get an umbrella and walkme to the main street to stop a taxifor me.

KOREAN EFFICIENCYEverything works efficiently in Korea,standards are high and there is anobsession with doing things well.Korean people are not outwardlyfriendly and smiling but always helpful,despite not speaking English. Theunderground train is one of the best Ihave seen. They are punctual,spacious, bright and clean. I felt verysafe in Seoul, and could go about onmy own to the museum and otherplaces which can be located in the citymap and which can be reached by theextensive subway system. The buseswe rode on for library visits, dinners,cultural evening are always clean andin good working order. I also felt verysafe going by taxi and encounteredonly one grumpy cab driver, who keptmuttering about the traffic jam as itwas raining. The only problem weencountered in Seoul was findingKoreans who could speak English,they are still a pretty rare breed. Thehotel staff speaks passable English.The taxi drivers I came across couldunderstand English, I think, but do nottrust themselves to speak it. So onthe rare occasion when the girl sittingnext to me on the train spoke to mein English, I was so delighted. Shevolunteered information about theplaces we passed by on the train andthe place we were going to.

HOME-COOKED MEALSIN SEOUL

Where we were, it was verydifficult to get fresh

vegetables and fruits. TheFamily Mart chain store sells

groceries and very limitedveggies like cucumber. So

when I came cross atemporary market on theway back to the hotel I wasso thrilled to be able to buybroccoli and pears that I

gladly paid 3000 KRW(RM12.00) for a small bunchof broccoli and 5000KRW

(RM20.00) for 4 pears. Thebroccoli enhanced the Maggimee bandung, and freshpears a joy to savour beforeand after lunch. The Korean

bread is really lovely whentoasted as it is readybuttered. Ready cooked rice is

available at Family Mart and go well withBrahims ready cooked rendang,chicken, beef curry or tried and tested

serunding or sambal kacang and ikanbilis. Fry some eggs (yes we broughta mini wok and cooking oil), sprinklewith kicap Habhal from home, slicesome cucumber and you have acomplete meal for lunch. I was toldthat some even brought frozensoup, nasi empet and kuah kacang.Most evenings we have invitationfrom our vendor friends for dinnerat halal restaurants in Seoul suburbswhich gave us an opportunity tocatch up with news of our group’sdaily activities. We saw quite a fewMalaysian students, some said hello,few looked very shy and others didnot see us. There was hardly aflicker of excitement at seeingfellow Malaysians so we guessedthat they are probably used to it.

HOMEWARD JOURNEYI left a day earlier, 25th August, thanthe rest of the group to arrive intime for my nephew Danial’swedding on Saturday, 26th August,in Seremban. So I made my way tothe city terminal not far from myhotel, checked in and got ticketsat 18000 KRW (or was it14000KRW?) for the limousine busto the airport. It was all soconvenient and no hassle at all. Thetaxi driver even parked and came into make sure I got on the right bus,which was very kind of him. Oh! Ihad to show my passport toimmigration at the terminal and

At Incheon Airport - looking forward to flying home

waited while she scrutinized mypassport and looked up a couple oftimes to check the likeness with myface. I was getting annoyed whenI remembered that I wore mytudung differently in the passportphoto. In any case, I am totallyconvinced and have resigned myselfto the fact that it is the mission ofimmigration officials all over theworld to make things difficult forforeigners. Once you get pastthem, things always brighten up.

I did some last minute shopping atthe airport and had a very pleasantflight home. The fish beriyani onKorean Airlines was very good and Igot through Mission Impossible IIIbefore falling asleep. We toucheddown at KLIA on the dot at 11.35pm, self-checked my passport at thehigh-tech immigration control,collected my luggage and wheeledmy trolley through the green lanetowards the exit where myhusband and my son Reza werewaiting. I enjoyed Seoul very muchbut it is so good to be home.

* The rest of the group left Seoulon Saturday 26th August. They werefortunate to be able to visit the DMZ(Demilitarized Zone) as well as anamethyst factory and a silk marketon the day I left Seoul !



Jawatankuasa Tetap Perpustakaan Khusus, PPM

dengan kerjasama Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia,buat julung kalinya, telah menganjurkan seminar ini

pada 5 Julai 2006 di Auditorium Perpustakaan NegaraMalaysia, Kuala Lumpur. Antara objektifnya ialah untukmeningkatkan pengetahuan dan kemahiran dalammenjalankan kerja pendigitan, berkongsi pengalamanmenjalankan kerja pendigitan koleksi perpustakaan, danmerancang ke arah pemuliharaan bahan melalui pendigitan.

Melalui pembentangan kertaskerja, peluang untukmendengar serta berkongsi pendapat dengan mereka yanglebih berpengalaman adalah sangat berharga. Dari situlahkelemahan dapat dibaiki agar tahap profesionalismekepustakawanan dapat dipertingkatkan lagi terutamanyadalam zaman perkembangan teknologi maklumat. Adadikalangan peserta yang sedang dan baru merancangprojek pendigitan. Maka, seminar sebegini adalah amat sesuaiuntuk memberi mereka gambaran yang lebih jelas mengenaiperkara yang perlu dilakukan serta yang perlu dielak semasamenjalankan projek. Memandangkan proses untukmendapatkan peruntukan bagi projek pendigitan bukanlahmudah, sudah pasti ianya perlu dijalankan dengan bijak agardapat disiapkan mengikut masa dan keperluan yangditentukan agar hasil terbitan dan simpanan sesuatuorganisasi dapat diperolehi dengan lebih cepat, tepat danmenjimatkan ruangan simpanan. Disamping memeliharakhazanah yang sedia ada, perkhidmatan sesebuahperpustakaan akan meningkat dan lebih bermaklumat.

Seminar bermula dengan pendaftaran seawal 8.15 pagiserta diikuti dengan perasmian seminar oleh YDP PPM, PuanPutri Saniah Megat Abdul Rahman beserta pelancaran E-SLG (Electronic - Special Library Group). Seramai 105 orangpetugas dari pelbagai perpustakaan telah menghadiriseminar ini. Pengerusi bagi sesi pagi ialah Puan Siti MarianiS.M. Omar dan pada sesi petang pula, ialah Puan PutriSaniah Megat Abdul Rahman. AJK Seminar yang terdiridaripada YDP PPM, Sekretariat PPM serta semua AJK TetapPerpustakaan Khusus mengucapkan terima daun keladikepada Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia kerana banyakmembantu menjayakan seminar ini dari segi tenaga kerjadan kebenaran menggunakan auditorium yang indah,

Oleh: Hasnita Ibrahim

Seminar Pendigitan Koleksi Perpustakaan

lengkap dan serba canggih.

Seperti mana yang diketahui, seminar seumpama inimemerlukan tenaga kerja yang ramai, oleh itu terimakasih kepada petugas seminar kerana turut membantu.Terima kasih kepada pihak pembekal yang sudi berkongsimaklumat mengenai produk mereka. Terima kasih jugakepada para peserta yang hadir dan diharap agar seminarini dapat menambah dan meluaskan pengetahuanmengenai tugas pendigitan. Pembentang kertas kerjaserta pembekal boleh dihubungi melalui e-mel yangdibekalkan.

Ahli panel dan tajuk kertas kerja:i. MS Online System : Abdul Rahman Mohd

(Information Resource Section, SIRIM Berhad)- [email protected]

ii. Pendigitan Koleksi Berita di Pusat Maklumat &Perpustakaan, BERNAMA : Hasnita Hj Ibrahim& Masfaliza Masmuda (Pusat Maklumat &Perpustakaan,BERNAMA)[email protected],[email protected]

iii. Managing Digitization Initiative : A SharingForum: Azahar Mohd Noor & Ahmad MunawarMohmad Anuar (Pustaka Perdana, YayasanKepimpinan Perdana)[email protected],[email protected]

iv. Sumber Persuratan Melayu : Ke arahKepustakaan Digital : Kamariah Abu Samah,Aizan Mohd Ali, Fatimah Zahrin Mohd Taib &Aimi Umaimah Hashim Musaimi (PusatDokumentasi Melayu, DBP) - [email protected]

v. Exploring the Digitisation Initiatives by CulturalInstitutions in Malaysia : Issues and Challenges: Zuraidah Abd Manaf (Fakulti PengurusanMaklumat, UiTM) [email protected]

Product highlights dan pameran produki. Zeutschel Color Books Scanner (Scientific &

Technical Products Sdn Bhd) [email protected]

ii. PCArmour PC Recovery Card (Excel Envirotech

Resources Sdn Bhd ) - [email protected]. Ducuflo Document Management System

(Infoconnect Sdn Bhd) [email protected]

iv. V-Lib Digital Library Management Software

(Casa Inovasi Sdn Bhd)[email protected]

v. BLIS (BERNAMA) - [email protected]

Ahli panel membentangkan kertas kerja


make yourmake yourmake yourmake yourmake your retirement retirement retirement retirement retirement planning planning planning planning planning smooth smooth smooth smooth smooth

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Persaraan / Perlantikan

Dr. Hj. Wan Ali Wan Mamattelah memulakan tugas sebagaiKetua Pengarah PerpustakaanNegara pada 1 April 2005 dan telahbersara dari perkhidmatan pada 1Ogos 2006. Ucapan SelamatBersara dan ribuan terima kasih diatas segala sokongan dankerjasama yang telah diberikankepada PPM semasa tempohperkhidmatan beliau sebagaiKetua Pengarah PNM

Ketua Pustakawan USM, Y.BhgDatin Masrah Hj. Abidin telahbersara pada 13 Mac 2006

Congrat ulations!!

Perlantikan Dato’ Zawiyah Baba Sebagai Felo Utama di ATMA, UKM

Dato’ Zawiyah

Baba, mantanKetua PengarahP e r p u s t a k a a n

Negara Malaysia,telah dilantiksebagai FeloUtama (VK7) diInstitut Alam Dan

Tamadun Melayu(ATMA) Universiti

Kebangsaan Malaysia mulai 14

September 2006. Perlantikan secarakontrak selama dua tahun inimerupakan satu penghormatan besarbagi Dato’ Zawiyah dan profesionkepustakawanan. Selepas bersara dari

perkhidmatan kerajaan pada 20Januari 2005, Dato’ Zawiyah terus

bergiat aktif dalam aktiviti PPM selaku

YDP dan mantan YDP. Diantarapencapaian beliau ialah pelancaranprogram sambutan Ulangtahun ke 50

PPM dan LAS, AnugerahPerpustakaan Cemerlang 2005,perlantikan 5 orang tokoh selaku AhliKehormat PPM dan Siri CeramahPresiden PPM. Selaku Pengerusi

Jawatankuasa Bantuan Luar PPM,Dato’ Zawiyah telah mengetuai MisiIqra’ PPM ke Aceh dan menyediakan

laporan mengenai keadaanperpustakaan di Aceh setelah dilandatsunami dan jenis bantuan yangdiperlukan. Laporan ini telahditerbitkan dalan buletin serta jurnal

perpustakaan antarabangsa danmendapat perhatian dan sumbangan

melalui American Library Association danIFLA. Dato’ Zawiyah juga telah dilantikoleh UNESCO sebagai konsultan bagi

Pelan Induk Pembangunan SemulaPerpustakaan Awam Di Sri LankaSelepas Tsunami pada November –

December 2005. Selepas bersara, beliaujuga telah menyumbang enamkertaskerja/artikel bagi jurnal sertapersidangan dan bengkel perpustakaandi peringkat kebangsaan dan

antarabangsa termasuk PersidanganWLIC/IFLA di Oslo (2005) dan Seoul(2006). Semenjak Februari 2006, beliau

menulis untuk kolum mingguan BicaraBaca yang diterbitkan di Utusan Malaysiasetiap hari Isnin. Sekalung tahniahdiucapkan kepada Dato’Zawiyah Baba.

Berita Berita Berita Berita Berita PersaraanPersaraanPersaraanPersaraanPersaraan

PersaraanKetua Pengarah PNM

PersaraanKetua Pustakawan USM

PersaraanKetua Pustakawan UM

Ketua Pustakawan UM, PuanNoriyah Md Noor telah bersara pada31 Julai 2006.

Berita Berita Berita Berita Berita PerlantikanPerlantikanPerlantikanPerlantikanPerlantikan

Puan Sofiah Hashim telah dilantiksebagai Ketua Pustakawan USM yangbaru pada 14 Mac 2006.

PerlantikanKetua Pustakawan USM

PerlantikanKetua Pustakawan UM

Ucapan tahniah kepada Puan ChePuteh Ismail yang telah dilantiksebagai Ketua Pustakawan UM yangbaru mulai 1 September 2006.

Perlantikan Dr. Hj. Wan Ali

Wan Mamat

Ucapan tahniah kepada Dr. Hj.

Wan Ali Wan Mamat, yang telah

dilantik sebagai Profesor Pelawatdan Ahli Panel Profesional bagiProjek Pembangunan PerisianJawi, Kolej Universiti Teknologi danPengurusan Malaysia (KUTPM)mulai 1 September 2006 untuktempoh selama 1 tahun

Ucapan tahniah kepada Puan SitiZakiah Aman yang jugamenjawat Timbalan Yang DiPertuaII PPM di atas perlantikan beliausebagai Ketua Pengarah PNM yangbaru

Perlantikan Ketua PengarahPNM

Perlantikan Timbalan KetuaPengarah PNM

Ucapan tahniah kepada Encik RaslinAbu Bakar yang juga Ahli Majlis PPMsebagai Timbalan Ketua Pengarah PNMyang baru.


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