Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries

This study evaluates the completeness of award winning titles in public library holdings. Three book awards were selected as authoritative lists: (i) National Book Award, (ii) National Prime Literary Award and (iii) National Library Book Award. Three Public Library Corporations were chosen namely Se...

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Main Authors:	Ahmad Nadzri Mohamad, Mohd Sharif Mohd Saad, Fuziah Mohd Nadzar
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Language:	English
Published:	Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7899/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7899/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7899/1/010-019.pdf

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spelling	ukm-78992016-12-14T06:45:34Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7899/ Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries Ahmad Nadzri Mohamad, Mohd Sharif Mohd Saad, Fuziah Mohd Nadzar, This study evaluates the completeness of award winning titles in public library holdings. Three book awards were selected as authoritative lists: (i) National Book Award, (ii) National Prime Literary Award and (iii) National Library Book Award. Three Public Library Corporations were chosen namely Selangor (PPAS), Terengganu (PPNT) and Pahang (PPAP) Public Library Corporations. The objectives of the study were threefold: (i) to identify the availability of award winning books (ii) to identify the completeness of winning titles in each award and (iii) To identify books with the highest number of copies in public library corporations. An inductive checklist evaluation method was used. Collectively, it was found that PPAS has the highest number of copies, i.e. 66.4% (2450 books), followed by PPNT, 30.2% (1115 books) and PPAP with 3.4% (124 books). The public library corporation with the most complete collection is PPAS at 42.8% (62 titles), followed by PPNT at 33.1% (48 titles) and PPAP at 24.1% (35 titles). Award winning titles with the highest number of copies was listed accordingly. This study is imperative to determine the awareness of public libraries in selecting award winning titles as a part of their collection. Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7899/1/010-019.pdf Ahmad Nadzri Mohamad, and Mohd Sharif Mohd Saad, and Fuziah Mohd Nadzar, (2013) Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries. e-BANGI: Jurnal Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, 8 (1). pp. 10-19. ISSN 1823-884x http://www.ukm.my/e-bangi/
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description	This study evaluates the completeness of award winning titles in public library holdings. Three book awards were selected as authoritative lists: (i) National Book Award, (ii) National Prime Literary Award and (iii) National Library Book Award. Three Public Library Corporations were chosen namely Selangor (PPAS), Terengganu (PPNT) and Pahang (PPAP) Public Library Corporations. The objectives of the study were threefold: (i) to identify the availability of award winning books (ii) to identify the completeness of winning titles in each award and (iii) To identify books with the highest number of copies in public library corporations. An inductive checklist evaluation method was used. Collectively, it was found that PPAS has the highest number of copies, i.e. 66.4% (2450 books), followed by PPNT, 30.2% (1115 books) and PPAP with 3.4% (124 books). The public library corporation with the most complete collection is PPAS at 42.8% (62 titles), followed by PPNT at 33.1% (48 titles) and PPAP at 24.1% (35 titles). Award winning titles with the highest number of copies was listed accordingly. This study is imperative to determine the awareness of public libraries in selecting award winning titles as a part of their collection.
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author	Ahmad Nadzri Mohamad, Mohd Sharif Mohd Saad, Fuziah Mohd Nadzar,
spellingShingle	Ahmad Nadzri Mohamad, Mohd Sharif Mohd Saad, Fuziah Mohd Nadzar, Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries
author_facet	Ahmad Nadzri Mohamad, Mohd Sharif Mohd Saad, Fuziah Mohd Nadzar,
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title	Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries
title_short	Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries
title_full	Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries
title_fullStr	Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries
title_sort	measuring the availability of award winning titles in public libraries
publisher	Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2013
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7899/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7899/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7899/1/010-019.pdf
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Measuring the availability of award winning titles in Public Libraries

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