Increasing the visibility of our electronic resources Nor Edzan
Che Nasir Chief Librarian University of Malaya Library
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OUTLINE University of Malaya University of Malaya Library
Services Collection Online databases E-books In-house digital
initiatives Promotion Conclusion
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UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA The oldest university in Malaysia Situated
on 750 acres (309 hectares) north west of Kuala Lumpur Established
in Singapore with the establishment of the King Edward VII College
of Medicine in 1905 1949 - the University of Malaya was formed with
the merger of the King Edward VII College of Medicine and the
Raffles College in Singapore 1962 University of Malaya in Kuala
Lumpur was established 22 academies/institutes/faculties/centres
112 undergraduate programmes and 132 postgraduate programmes 15,202
undergraduates and 10,762 postgraduates = 25,964 students 2,716
academic staff, 562 professional & administrative, 3.092
support staff = 5,830 staff Research university
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UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA Locally known as Universiti Malaya or in
short UM Malaysia's oldest university Situated on a 750 acre (309
hectare) campus in the southwest of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of
Malaysia Has its roots in Singapore with the establishment of King
Edward VII College of Medicine in 1905 1949 - University of Malaya
was formed with the amalgamation of King Edward VII College of
Medicine and Raffles College in Singapore 1962 - University of
Malaya Kuala Lumpur was established 22
academies/institutes/faculties/centres 112 undergraduate programmes
and 132 postgraduate programmes 15,202 undergraduates and 10,762
postgraduate = 25,964 2,716 academic staff, 562
professional/managerial and 3,092 non- academic staff = 5,830
Research university
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UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA LIBRARY Main Library 3 branch libraries
(Zaba Memorial Library, T.J. Danaraj Medical Library and Tan Sri
Professor Ahmad Ibrahim Law Library) 8 special libraries (Built
Environment, City Campus, Dentistry, Engineering, Malay Studies,
Islamic Studies in Kuala Lumpur and in Nilam Puri, and Language
& Linguistics).
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SERVICES Provides a multitude of services which supports
teaching, learning and research Can be viewed at its website at
http://www.umlib.um.edu.my.
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COLLECTION TypesNo. of Titles No. of Units PRINT SOURCES
(Books, Proceedings, Thesis, Journals, Maps, Posters, Standards)
636,9731,325,584 MANUSCRIPTS326 MICROFORM (Microfilm,
Microfiche)696,023711,758 DIGITAL SOURCES (Audio CD, Video VCD,DVD,
CD/DVD-ROM 5,1038,640 ONLINE SOURCES (E-books, Online Databases,
E-Journals) 117,666 TOTAL1,455,7072,045,982
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ONLINE DATABASES : 2011 ABI/INFORM Global and Business
Periodicals Academic Source Premier * ACM Digital Library American
Chemical Society Journals American Geophysical Union Journals
American Institute of Physics Journals Annual Reviews Bibliography
of Asian Studies Biological Abstracts Biomedical and Life Sciences
Collection BioOne Bernama Library & Infolink Service (BLIS)*
BookData Business Source Complete* CAB Abstracts Cambridge
University Press Journals CINAHL Plus with Fulltext Classification
Web CLJ Law Database of Malaysia Cochrane Library Datastream
Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source Digital Dissertations &
Theses (UMI) - KPT Econlit Education Complete Emerald Intelligence
Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) Reviews Expanded Academic ASAP
Geobase Health Business Elite Hein Online Humanities IEEE Xplore
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books (ILP)
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ONLINE DATABASES : 2011 Institute of Physics (IOP) Journals
International Construction Database (ICONDA) nternational
Pharmacetical Abstracts (IPA) Islamic Finance Information (IFIS)
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) JSTOR Karger Journals LawNet
Lexis.com Research System Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Library
Literature & Information Science Lippincot Williams &
Wilkins Journals LISA Net MEDLINE with Fulltext Nature Journals
NSTP e-media OVID Full Text Collections Journals Oxford English
Dictionary Oxford University Press Journals Palmoilis Project MUSE
PsycArticles Psychology & Behavioral Science Royal Society of
Chemistry Journals SAGE Journals SAGE Research Methods Online
Science (AAAS) ScienceDirect SciFinder Scholar Scopus* SportsDiscus
Springer LINK UpToDate Vektorrum Executive Report Web of Science
(WoS)
IN-HOUSE DIGITAL INITIATIVES UM in the News news clippings UM
Memory photographs MyManuskrip Malay manuscripts MyAis Malaysian
journal articles Eprints publications of our academics UDL
dissertation & theses made digital DSpace@UM dissertation &
theses born digital Now Malaysian legal sources Dutch title
published in 17 th century Majalah Hiburan Peranakan
Collection
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HOW DO WE DO IT? Large portion of budget goes to electronic
journals and books Therefore, need to make sure resources are used
effectively Therefore, need to ensure return of investment
Therefore, need to market & promote Market to different target
groups differently Use different media Get assistance from
publishers/vendors
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Academics Orientation programme for new staff Faculty meetings
Roadshows to faculties
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Students Orientation week Formal classes Information skills
session Research methodology lectures GXEX1401 : Information
skills
IN CONCLUSION Increasing delivery of information sources
electronically Users must be information literate Increasing level
of technology amongst users Library staff must be technologically
intelligent and experienced Equipment to access electronic
available Increasing cost of online resources Libraries must be
financially healthy Acquisition via consortia Support from
management