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1st MEETING CONSAL XVI EXECUTIVE BOARD

The 1st Meeting was held on 8-10 May 2013 in Bangkok. It was chaired by Ms. Wilawan Sapphansaen, former Director of National Library Thailand. The Welcome Remarks was delivered by Ms Pimpan Paiboonwangchroen, Acting Director of National Library Thailand and the Closing Remarks was delivered by Khunying Maenmas Chavalit, President of Thai Library Association. It was attended by the President, Secretary of National Library Associations and the Director of National Library of CONSAL member countries. Timor Leste was present as Associate Member.Go to page 2 Wadah Perpustakaan Bil.6 Jun 2013

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From page 1 Brunei Darussalam was represented by Nellie DPH Sunny, BLA President, Nur Nadzirah Zainul’arifin, BLA Secretary and Tuan Hj Sahari Hj Nassar, Chief Librarian Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei.

The 1st Meeting began with introduction of members as the meeting welcomed both old and new faces to the Board. Besides approving the minutes of the 3rd Meeting of CONSAL XV EB in Bali 2012, a brief update from each member country. The meeting went on to discuss about the preparations for the upcoming CONSAL XVI General Conference to be held on 8-12 June 2015 in Bangkok. The registration fees have been as low as possible to encourage younger librarians to participate in the conference.

The theme of the conference is ASEAN Aspirations: libraries as sustainable advancement. It was chosen to address CONSAL’s concerns and is in line with the ASEAN Declaration on the ASEAN Community 2015 and the three pillars of ASEAN; addressing issues on prioritizing education and life-long learning, literacy, knowledge sharing, investing in HRD training and capacity building, unity and a common ASEAN identity.

The meeting also discussed the ‘revival’ of the CONSAL Secretary General. The presence of the CONSAL Sec Gen is important in future EB meetings.

The Meeting heard progress reports of projects initiated by CONSAL member countries.

Country Brunei Darussalam (BLA) Indonesia

Singapore (NLB) Thailand

Name of projects initiated CONSAL Bibliography on Traditional Cultures Directory of Leading women of Southeast Asia Indonesian Proclaimator Collection on Soekarno and Muhammad Hatta Profile of LIS education.

Business Excellence Framework Treasures of National Libraries a workshop on preservation and conservation of documentary heritage of ASEAN Counties

The meeting also agreed for Khunying Maenmas being among the earliest EB member to spear head a publication on the history of CONSAL with inputs from each member country. This publication is due in 2015.

The 2nd EB meeting is scheduled to be held on 7-9 May 2014 in Thailand.

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4th BLA COUNCIL MEETING The Council met on Friday 17

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reporting of the 1 Meeting of CONSAL XVI Executive Board and preparations for 16th CONSAL Conference 2015

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boulevard,BLA membership drive and promotion and fund raising activities.

MEETING OF ALUMNI CLASS 64 AND SOASC

The meeting on 27 Apri 2013 was chaired by Dato Hj Eussoff Agaki Hj Ismail. Also present were Nellie DPH Sunny and Tuan Hj Ahmad Hj Gafar from Alumni Class 64 and Cikgu Santra and Cikgu Noreen Noor representing SOASC. Ms Tay from Zimac Technologies was invited to brief the meeting on the new library system and the recovery work on KAMPILMU database.

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1st MEETING CONSAL XVI EB

President and Secretary of National Library Associations of CONSAL Countries

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CULTURAL VISITS

Sirikit Institute, Chitralada Villa

Wat chaiwatthanaram

Bang pa-in summer palace

Ayutthaya elephant palace Royal krall

King chulalongkorn memorial exhibition

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CONSAL CULTURAL VISITS From page 5 As a part of the meeting programme, the host institutions also arranged cultural visits for the delegates.

Day 1 The study tour to Samakhom Ananta Throne Hall Bangkok,a very beautiful building in Bangkok. The Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall is a former reception hall within Dusit Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. It now serves as a museum and is from time to time used for certain state occasions. The building in Italian Renaissance and Neo Classic style was commissioned to the architects Mario Tamagno and Annibale Rigotti. Marble from Carrara, Italy, and other foreign building materials were used. The Throne Hall is a two storey construction with a large dome (49.5 m high) in the centre, surrounded by six smaller domes. The domes and walls are covered with paintings by Professor Galileo Chini and Carlo Riguli depicting the history of the Chakri Dynasty, from the first to the sixth reign. This building was finally completed in 1915. It is open to the public every day except on Chulalongkorn Day (23 October), the King's birthday (5 December) and the Queen's birthday (12 August). We have to pay 150 Baht for entry fee to this building and its exhibits.

Day 2 On the second day we visited the Ancient City of Ayutthaya. It is the capital of Ayutthaya province in Thailand which is located in the valley of the Chao Phraya River. The city was founded in 1350 by King U Thong. The Historic City of Ayutthaya, founded in 1350, was the second capital of the Siamese Kingdom. It flourished from the 14th to the 18th centuries, during which time it grew to be one of the world’s largest and most cosmopolitan urban areas and a center of global diplomacy and commerce. Ayutthaya was strategically located on an island surrounded by three rivers connecting the city to the sea. Now it has become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

From here we proceeded to Bang Pa-in Summer Palace, which is a palace complex formerly used by the Thai kings. The palace is located on the Chao Phraya River bank in Bang Pa-In district, Ayutthaya Province. The facilities include vast gardens and landscaping, Wehart Chamrunt (Heavenly Light), a Chinese-style royal palace and throne room; the Warophat Phiman (Excellent and Shining Heavenly Abode), a royal residence; Ho Withun Thasana (Sages' Lookout), a brightly painted lookout tower; and the Aisawan Thiphya-Art (Divine Seat of Personal Freedom), a pavilion constructed in the middle of a pond. The palace remains largely open to visitors. Next we visited the Wat Chaiwatthanaram temple, the most impressive ancient temple compound in Ayutthaya. Built in 1630 by King Prasat Thong to honour his mother, Wat Chai Wattanaram was conceived as a replica of the Angkor temple. There is a fee of 50 Baht to enter the grounds After that we were taken to visit the Ayutthaya Elephant palace and Royal Kraal.

Elephants are regarded as the royal symbol of Thailand and have long serve the country in numerous ways, for example the past kings in the battle for national freedom. A visit to Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal offers a priceless insight into the dignified role that elephant have played in the history of Thailand freedom. The Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal offers several activities, such as taking visitors on a ride on an elephant to get an idea of the past glory of Ayutthaya by following the royal routes once taken by the kings.

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GOODREADS.COM Goodreads.com is a social media site for finding and sharing titles that has 15 million members, is exploding in popularity and rivaling Amazon.com as a platform for promoting new books.

The site allows passionate readers to share what they are reading, rate books they have already read and list what they are considering next. They can do this publicly or among only a self-selected network of online friends. The site is also host to roughly 20,000 organically occurring online book clubs for every preference — from people interested in only Proust to those who prefer history and Tudor-period fiction. There are 314 clubs for paranormal romance fans alone.

Goodreads and smaller similar sites are addressing what publishers call the “discoverability” problem: How do you guide consumers to books they might want to read? The digital age has created online retail sites that are overflowing with new books, leaving readers awash in unknown titles.

At the same time the number of bookstores has shrunk considerably, depriving customers of the ability to browse or ask staff members for guidance.

For a long time Amazon, the largest online bookseller, dominated the digital discovery zone through its book reviews, recommendations and displays on its home page. But Amazon has lost some trust among readers recently amid concerns that its reviews and recommendations can contain hidden agendas.

The theory behind Goodreads and its two main — albeit much smaller — competitors, Shelfari and LibraryThing, is that people will put more faith in book recommendations from a social network they build themselves. Amazon was convinced enough by the concept that it bought Shelfari in 2008. It also owns a portion of LibraryThing as a result of purchasing companies that already owned a stake in the site.

Goodreads members represent a small portion of all book buyers, and it is not immune from some of the politicking that goes on elsewhere — authors are not prevented from reviewing their own books, for instance. But advocates consider this acceptable because readers can choose their own reviewers.

“Because Goodreads is not a publisher or retailer, people feel that the information is not getting manipulated,” Goodread.com was founded by Otis Chandler, grandson of the last family owner of The Los Angeles Times, and the woman he later married, Elizabeth Khuri Chandler.The couple began creating Goodreads in 2006 from Mr. Chandler’s apartment, and it made its debut in 2007. By 2009 they were doing well enough to raise $2 million in venture capital and then open offices in San Francisco. As the site grew, they added features: a recommendation engine, author video chats, book giveaways and a newsletter that fostered a sense of community.

Slowly the site became the largest source of independent reviews on the Web, with 21 million and counting.

Goodreads has been particularly crucial for self-published authors, many of whom would never have had success without it. But even authors with publishers are setting up their own Web pages on Goodreads to promote future books — as essential as Twitter or Facebook — and to connect with readers while not on tour. Source. Read Any Good Web Sites Lately? Book Lovers Talk Online By Leslie Kaufman. Nytimes.com/2013/02/13 / books/goodread.com Goodreads.cpm has since been acquired by Amazon.com.

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E-dongeng Hjh Noraidah Hj Madin on 16 May 2013, demonstrated her e-dongeng animation project of a national folklore ‘Nakhoda Ragam’ to Pn Nellie, BLA President.

This was her final year project for the award of HND in Internet and Multimedia Development at ITB in 2012. It is targeted for use in libraries. The test run at Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei public library received encouraging response from the librarians. The package is aimed at popularizing national folklores among children.

HAPPENINGS 27 Apr 2013 27 Apr 2013 28 Apr 2013 28 Apr 2013 30 April 2013

4 May 2013 5 May 2013 9 May 2013 11 May 2013 31 May-1 & 2 Jun, & 7-9 Jun 2013 7-9 May 2013 9 Jun 2013 28-29 Aug 2013

Stardom Quest Sukan Ria antara Syarikat National Day Run PWD. Charity Golf Tournament to mark World Water Day 2013 International Girls in ICT Day. Initiated by ITU to create a global environment that empowers and encourage girls and young women to consider careers in the growing field of Information and Communication Technology.

Karnival Unit Pendidikan Khas National Family Day ‘ My Family, My Hope’ Launch of new format driving and vehicle license and vehicle registration books launch of green building council The Baiduri Masters 2013, RBA Golf Club World Ocean Day ‘celebrate the seas’ Pusat Ehsan. The Run Diversity of Language in Borneo Forum

79th IFLA General Assembly and Conference, 17-23 Aug 2013, Spore 16th CONSAL Conference, ASEAN Aspirations: Libraries as Sustainable Advancement. 8-12 June 2015, Bangkok, Thailand

All materials are copyrighted and any form of reproduction is not permitted without the permission of the publisher. WADAH PERPUSTAKAAN is published by © Brunei Darussalam Library Association, c/o Class 64 Library, SOASC, Jalan Tengah, Bandar Seri Begawan BS8411. email:pobox.bla@gmail.com.

Editor: Nellie Dato Paduka Haji Sunny. Photo credits. Nellie, Nur Nadzirah, Pelita Brunei, Borneo Bulletin, Brunei Times.

Layout: Nooralizah Mohamad and Nurul Fajrina Kamaluddin

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