FACULTY OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA The Faculty is located at UiTM Puncak Perdana Campus, Jalan Pulau Angsa, Shah Alam. We were welcomed by Prof Madya Dr Mohd Shariff Mohd Saad, Dean Faculty of Information Management and his staff. The Faculty provides professional education to fulfil the manpower need of the country in three very important fields, namely: Information Management, Library Management, and Records Management. Courses offered: • •
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Doctor of Philosophy in Information Management Master of Science in Information Management, Master of Science in Information Management (by research) Master in Library Science, Master of Science in Knowledge Management, Bachelor of Information Management, Bachelor of Knowledge Management for Malaysians only) diploma (long distance)
We later visited the Library and saw an interesting self- service automated book dispenser for books on demand which is located outside the library. The visit ended with a delicious lunch and an exchange of tokens.
RAJA TUN UDA LIBRARY SHAH ALAM : SELANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY CORPORATION We were welcomed by En. Mohamed Fadzil Mohd Fauzi, Librarian and Head of Corporate. The Selangor State Library is located in section 13, Shah Alam is a new, hi-tech and well-equipped with modern facilities. The RM70mil library has the ‘library in a park’ concept which is close to the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Golf Club. This library is beautifully located in a luscious green sprawling grounds with a man made lake in view. It is a 6 level library with 203,600 sq.ft of floor space for 2,500 readers. It has over 195,000 books and a book wall, 1 auditorium for 200 persons, 1 multipurpose hall for 150 persons and various seminar rooms for 30-100 persons, a mini theatre for 30 persons, an XD theatre (3D@RM7, 6D@RM10) The library also offers free WiFi for visitors and they can use any of the 100 personal computers placed in the premises ,3 gymnasiums, a creative zone children’s library, surau and a cafe. The transformation and rebranding of the library ‘My Second Home’ is to assist the government in reducing social problems and crimes among the young. Go to page 5
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