Increasing the visibility of our electronic resources
Nor Edzan Che Nasir
Chief Librarian
University of Malaya Library
OUTLINE
 University of Malaya
 University of Malaya Library
 Services
 Collection
 Online databases
 E-books
 In-house digital initiatives
 Promotion
 Conclusion
UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA
 The oldest university in Malaysia
 Situated on 750 acres (309 hectares) north west of Kuala Lumpur
 Established in Singapore with the establishment of the King
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Edward VII College of Medicine in 1905
1949 - the University of Malaya was formed with the merger of the
King Edward VII College of Medicine and the Raffles College in
Singapore
1962 – University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur was established
22 academies/institutes/faculties/centres
112 undergraduate programmes and 132 postgraduate programmes
15,202 undergraduates and 10,762 postgraduates = 25,964 students
2,716 academic staff, 562 professional & administrative, 3.092
support staff = 5,830 staff
Research university
UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA
 Locally known as Universiti Malaya or in short UM
 Malaysia's oldest university
 Situated on a 750 acre (309 hectare) campus in the southwest of Kuala
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Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia
Has its roots in Singapore with the establishment of King Edward VII
College of Medicine in 1905
1949 - University of Malaya was formed with the amalgamation of King
Edward VII College of Medicine and Raffles College in Singapore
1962 - University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur was established
22 academies/institutes/faculties/centres
112 undergraduate programmes and 132 postgraduate programmes
15,202 undergraduates and 10,762 postgraduate = 25,964
2,716 academic staff, 562 professional/managerial and 3,092 nonacademic staff = 5,830
Research university
UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA LIBRARY
 Main Library
 3 branch libraries (Za’ba Memorial Library, T.J. Danaraj
Medical Library and Tan Sri Professor Ahmad Ibrahim
Law Library)
 8 special libraries (Built Environment, City Campus,
Dentistry, Engineering, Malay Studies, Islamic Studies
in Kuala Lumpur and in Nilam Puri, and Language &
Linguistics).
SERVICES
 Provides a multitude of services which supports
teaching, learning and research
 Can be viewed at its website at
http://www.umlib.um.edu.my.
COLLECTION
Types
PRINT SOURCES
(Books, Proceedings, Thesis, Journals, Maps,
Posters, Standards)
MANUSCRIPTS
MICROFORM (Microfilm, Microfiche)
DIGITAL SOURCES
(Audio CD, Video VCD,DVD, CD/DVD-ROM
ONLINE SOURCES
(E-books, Online Databases, E-Journals)
TOTAL
No. of
Titles
No. of
Units
636,973
1,325,584
326
696,023
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711,758
5,103
8,640
117,666
1,455,707 2,045,982
ONLINE DATABASES : 2011
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ABI/INFORM Global and Business Periodicals
Academic Source Premier *
ACM Digital Library
American Chemical Society Journals
American Geophysical Union Journals
American Institute of Physics Journals
Annual Reviews
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Biological Abstracts
Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection
BioOne
Bernama Library & Infolink Service (BLIS)*
BookData
Business Source Complete*
CAB Abstracts
Cambridge University Press Journals
CINAHL Plus with Fulltext
Classification Web
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CLJ Law Database of Malaysia
Cochrane Library
Datastream
Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source
Digital Dissertations & Theses (UMI) - KPT
Econlit
Education Complete
Emerald Intelligence
Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) Reviews
Expanded Academic ASAP
Geobase
Health Business Elite
Hein Online
Humanities
IEEE Xplore
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books (ILP)
ONLINE DATABASES : 2011
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Institute of Physics (IOP) Journals
International Construction Database
(ICONDA)
nternational Pharmacetical Abstracts (IPA)
Islamic Finance Information (IFIS)
Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
JSTOR
Karger Journals
LawNet
Lexis.com Research System
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Library Literature & Information Science
Lippincot Williams & Wilkins Journals
LISA Net
MEDLINE with Fulltext
Nature Journals
NSTP e-media
OVID Full Text Collections Journals
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Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford University Press Journals
Palmoilis
Project MUSE
PsycArticles
Psychology & Behavioral Science
Royal Society of Chemistry Journals
SAGE Journals
SAGE Research Methods Online
Science (AAAS)
ScienceDirect
SciFinder Scholar
Scopus*
SportsDiscus
Springer LINK
UpToDate
Vektorrum Executive Report
Web of Science (WoS)
E-BOOKS : 2011
 Ebrary e-books
 Hart Publishing e-books
 NetLibrary e-books
 RIBA e-books
 ScienceDirect e-books
 Springer e-books
IN-HOUSE DIGITAL INITIATIVES
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UM in the News – news clippings
UM Memory – photographs
MyManuskrip – Malay manuscripts
MyAis – Malaysian journal articles
Eprints – publications of our academics
UDL – dissertation & theses made digital
DSpace@UM – dissertation & theses born digital
Now
 Malaysian legal sources
 Dutch title published in 17th century
 Majalah Hiburan
 Peranakan Collection
HOW DO WE DO IT?
 Large portion of budget goes to electronic journals and
books
 Therefore, need to make sure resources are used
effectively
 Therefore, need to ensure return of investment
 Therefore, need to market & promote
 Market to different target groups differently
 Use different media
 Get assistance from publishers/vendors
Academics
 Orientation programme for new staff
 Faculty meetings
 Roadshows to faculties
Students
 Orientation week
 Formal classes
 Information skills session
 Research methodology lectures
 GXEX1401 : Information skills
Communication
 Emails
 Websites
 Facebook
 Carnivals
Publications
Vendors/Publishers
 Roadshows
 Demonstrations
 Marketing materials
 Sponsorship
IN CONCLUSION
 Increasing delivery of information sources electronically
 Users must be information literate
 Increasing level of technology amongst users
 Library staff must be technologically intelligent and
experienced
 Equipment to access electronic available
 Increasing cost of online resources
 Libraries must be financially healthy
 Acquisition via consortia
 Support from management
edzan@um.edu.my