Accessing Malay manuscripts worldwide through ICT: the union catalogue project

Accessing Malay manuscripts worldwide through ICT: the union catalogue project

Malay manuscript collections are found all over the world. The majority of the collections are located in the country of their origins like Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore. Some can be found in countries where Malays form a minority like Sri Lanka and South Africa. A significant number c...

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Main Author: Wan Mamat, Wan Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Southeast Asia Library Group 2013
Subjects:
Z665 Library Science. Information Science
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/39336/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/39336/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/39336/3/14-20_wan_mamat.pdf
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spelling iium-393362014-12-01T12:05:25Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/39336/ Accessing Malay manuscripts worldwide through ICT: the union catalogue project Wan Mamat, Wan Ali Z665 Library Science. Information Science Malay manuscript collections are found all over the world. The majority of the collections are located in the country of their origins like Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore. Some can be found in countries where Malays form a minority like Sri Lanka and South Africa. A significant number can be found in foreign countries of the West and East, especially in major libraries in countries like The Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan. Most of the manuscripts have been catalogued by the institutions where they are being held, but not all information has been published in catalogue book or electronic format. Even where published catalogues are available, the distribution of these printed catalogues may have been very limited. Besides this, though libraries and museums are supposed to take full advantage of ICT in order to promote their collections, unfortunately - with regard to Malay manuscript collections – many institutions still do not use ICT to an optimal extent. In order to promote Malay manuscripts that are available worldwide as an important source for research, ICT should be used in the best possible ways. Southeast Asia Library Group 2013-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/39336/3/14-20_wan_mamat.pdf Wan Mamat, Wan Ali (2013) Accessing Malay manuscripts worldwide through ICT: the union catalogue project. Southeast Asia Library Group Newsletter (45). ISSN 0308-4035 http://www.sealg.org/
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Wan Mamat, Wan Ali
Accessing Malay manuscripts worldwide through ICT: the union catalogue project
description Malay manuscript collections are found all over the world. The majority of the collections are located in the country of their origins like Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore. Some can be found in countries where Malays form a minority like Sri Lanka and South Africa. A significant number can be found in foreign countries of the West and East, especially in major libraries in countries like The Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan. Most of the manuscripts have been catalogued by the institutions where they are being held, but not all information has been published in catalogue book or electronic format. Even where published catalogues are available, the distribution of these printed catalogues may have been very limited. Besides this, though libraries and museums are supposed to take full advantage of ICT in order to promote their collections, unfortunately - with regard to Malay manuscript collections – many institutions still do not use ICT to an optimal extent. In order to promote Malay manuscripts that are available worldwide as an important source for research, ICT should be used in the best possible ways.
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author Wan Mamat, Wan Ali
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title Accessing Malay manuscripts worldwide through ICT: the union catalogue project
title_short Accessing Malay manuscripts worldwide through ICT: the union catalogue project
title_full Accessing Malay manuscripts worldwide through ICT: the union catalogue project
title_fullStr Accessing Malay manuscripts worldwide through ICT: the union catalogue project
title_full_unstemmed Accessing Malay manuscripts worldwide through ICT: the union catalogue project
title_sort accessing malay manuscripts worldwide through ict: the union catalogue project
publisher Southeast Asia Library Group
publishDate 2013
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/39336/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/39336/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/39336/3/14-20_wan_mamat.pdf
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