Information resource assessment: a study of digital and traditional library environments

Assessing and evaluating information resources is necessary for the improvement of library services. Recently, Malaysian libraries have witnessed a growing utilization of digital technology in the provision of library services, coupled with the emergence of the Internet-based digital libraries. Alth...

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Main Authors:	Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri, Abdoulaye, Kaba
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology 2002
Subjects:	H61.8 Communication of information T Technology (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/31248/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/31248/1/Information_Resource_Assessment.pdf

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spelling	iium-312482013-08-05T04:57:22Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/31248/ Information resource assessment: a study of digital and traditional library environments Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri Abdoulaye, Kaba H61.8 Communication of information T Technology (General) Assessing and evaluating information resources is necessary for the improvement of library services. Recently, Malaysian libraries have witnessed a growing utilization of digital technology in the provision of library services, coupled with the emergence of the Internet-based digital libraries. Although the trend is timely, the cost-effectiveness of its adoption is unknown. As libraries with sizable collection development budgets are having difficulties in coping with escalating price of electronic collection, the need to assess these information resources is necessary and critical. This study aims to assess the information resources in the digital and traditional library environments. Four Malaysian libraries; Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) Hypermedia Library, Majlis Perbandaran Petaling Jaya (MPPJ) Library, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Library and Multimedia University (MMU)) Library, at Cyber Jaya Compus are selected for the study. Issues such as collection building,electronic collection, cost and circulation are examined. Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology 2002 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/31248/1/Information_Resource_Assessment.pdf Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri and Abdoulaye, Kaba (2002) Information resource assessment: a study of digital and traditional library environments. Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science, 7 (2). pp. 25-33. ISSN 1394-6234
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description	Assessing and evaluating information resources is necessary for the improvement of library services. Recently, Malaysian libraries have witnessed a growing utilization of digital technology in the provision of library services, coupled with the emergence of the Internet-based digital libraries. Although the trend is timely, the cost-effectiveness of its adoption is unknown. As libraries with sizable collection development budgets are having difficulties in coping with escalating price of electronic collection, the need to assess these information resources is necessary and critical. This study aims to assess the information resources in the digital and traditional library environments. Four Malaysian libraries; Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) Hypermedia Library, Majlis Perbandaran Petaling Jaya (MPPJ) Library, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Library and Multimedia University (MMU)) Library, at Cyber Jaya Compus are selected for the study. Issues such as collection building,electronic collection, cost and circulation are examined.
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author	Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri Abdoulaye, Kaba
author_facet	Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri Abdoulaye, Kaba
author_sort	Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri
title	Information resource assessment: a study of digital and traditional library environments
title_short	Information resource assessment: a study of digital and traditional library environments
title_full	Information resource assessment: a study of digital and traditional library environments
title_fullStr	Information resource assessment: a study of digital and traditional library environments
title_full_unstemmed	Information resource assessment: a study of digital and traditional library environments
title_sort	information resource assessment: a study of digital and traditional library environments
publisher	Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
publishDate	2002
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/31248/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/31248/1/Information_Resource_Assessment.pdf
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