Development of Islamic libraries : a Malaysian perspective
The purpose of this paper is to give focus on the evolution of Islamic libraries into a specialization which has not received much attention in the literature. This paper provides a brief overview on Islamic libraries, its historical background, development and prospects. A literature survey is used...
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iium-60962011-11-21T05:17:51Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6096/ Development of Islamic libraries : a Malaysian perspective Suja', Balqis Z719 Libraries (General) The purpose of this paper is to give focus on the evolution of Islamic libraries into a specialization which has not received much attention in the literature. This paper provides a brief overview on Islamic libraries, its historical background, development and prospects. A literature survey is used to describe characteristics of Islamic libraries and identifying topics for gauging awareness on Islamic libraries requirements and strategy for its development. Selected topics and issues include perspective on the services and collections, organization and access, professionalization of Islamic librarianship, and impact of technology on Islamic libraries. What follows are ideas to embrace and promote Islamic libraries as a specialization by noting issues and problems faced by Islamic libraries, current challenges and direction for research. Discussion on Malaysian scenario relevant to Islamic libraries development is supplemented with an appendix of a list of Islamic libraries in Malaysia at the end of this paper. 2008 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6096/1/wCOMLIS_Islamic_libraries.ppt Suja', Balqis (2008) Development of Islamic libraries : a Malaysian perspective. In: World Congress of Muslim Librarians & Information Scientists (WCOMLIS 2008), 25-27 November, 2008, PWTC, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished) |
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The purpose of this paper is to give focus on the evolution of Islamic libraries into a specialization which has not received much attention in the literature. This paper provides a brief overview on Islamic libraries, its historical background, development and prospects. A literature survey is used to describe characteristics of Islamic libraries and identifying topics for gauging awareness on Islamic libraries requirements and strategy for its development. Selected topics and issues include perspective on the services and collections, organization and access, professionalization of Islamic librarianship, and impact of technology on Islamic libraries. What follows are ideas to embrace and promote Islamic libraries as a specialization by noting issues and problems faced by Islamic libraries, current challenges and direction for research. Discussion on Malaysian scenario relevant to Islamic libraries development is supplemented with an appendix of a list of Islamic libraries in Malaysia at the end of this paper. |
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Development of Islamic libraries : a Malaysian perspective |
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Development of Islamic libraries : a Malaysian perspective |
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Development of Islamic libraries : a Malaysian perspective |
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development of islamic libraries : a malaysian perspective |
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