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Peranan pustakawan Malaysia dalam Sains Terbuka
Full text linkThe librarian plays an important role in carrying out activities to empower and promote the practice of Open Science for the benefit of various stakeholders, especially researchers and the general public. However, the librarian needs to be aware that there are three main requirements that determine the effectiveness and efficiency of their role. Firstly, the need to legitimize their role in terms of written legal authority; secondly, the need to make official statements with clear justifications from government or non-governmental public authorities to be involved; and thirdly, the need to master management skills in terms of conceptual, technical, and human relations to promote the practice of Open Science. With these three requirements in place, librarians will be able to play a more quality and impactful role in attracting greater involvement of various stakeholders and thereby enhancing the practice of Open Science in an open, inclusive, transparent, valid, safe, and quality manner
Open Science Malaysia : citation index performance
No full textDisclaimer: This conference presentation file was based on an Open Science Malaysia study executed in the year 2020. Status of original dataset: If anyone is interested in obtaining the original data, please contact the author for more information via email: [email protected] Funding Universiti Sains Malaysi
Enhance librarians’ competency as Google experts: experience in Universiti Sains Malaysia (Meningkat kompetensi Pustakawan sebagai pakar rujuk aplikasi Google : pengalaman di Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Full text linkWe often heard about Neil Gaiman's quote, a renowned novelist who mentions "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back to the right one ". Based on this quote, the majority of the librarian making it as the doctrine to prove how important librarianship to the community. Various interpretation keep appear to describe the purpose of the quote. Nevertheless, it remains a question whether the librarian himself/herself have taken an action to increase the knowledge in becoming the experts of Google applications or else. What is the form of benefits that can be gained by becoming Google application experts? Especially, how the Librarian of Universiti Sains Malaysia improve competency to be expert on Google applications
Mengukur Tahap Kesediaan Open Science (Sains Terbuka) Di Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Awam Malaysia
Full text linkNielsen, M. (2009) argues that Open Science is a cycle of open partnerships between stakeholders, researchers, journalists, financiers, government policy makers and the public in terms of access to information related to scientific discovery and research, discuss the findings and allow the findings to be used by communities in need especially the lower classes without the commercial costs of upgrading the socioeconomic status of a country. In addition, a report by the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission, & Directorate-General for Communications Networks Content and Technology of the European Commission (2015) defined that Open Science as a master term that connects various aspects of openness in research whether in the form of any kind of data analysis, resource, method or tool, at any stage of the research process with the aim of facilitating knowledge sharing with those in nee
Connecting Universiti Sains Malaysia Art Scholars with Open Access Publication
Full text linkIn Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), the scholars were known to publish their scholarly materials in commercial journals, magazines, and books. However, studies on trends of publishing in Open Access journals, self archive in institutional repositories (IRs) and Open Access perceptions among art scholars are still enigmatic. For these reasons, the USM librarians have established a research team that focused on studying the Open Access publication trend. Next, the team intended to develop an effective approach in advocating Open Access publication targeting specific groups of researchers, especially the art scholars. The Open Access team had persuaded art scholars to organize a pilot study through a focus group meeting. The focus group meeting was held at the School of Art, USM on 2nd September 2014. During the meeting, the librarians and the art scholars discussed on the Open Access issues. The librarians presented the pros and cons of the Open Access and the art scholars gave responded to the USM librarians’ presentation. Based on the feedback, the effective approach to advocate Open Access, specifically for art scholars were identified.This paper is significant as a guide for the librarians that intend to advocate the Open Access publication
Belajarlah dari kejayaan usahawan dan inovator maklumat (Learn from successful information entrepreneurs and innovators)
Full text linkCiptaan moden seperti enjin pencarian maklumat (search engine), telefon pintar (smart phone),
tablet dan sebagainya telah membawa bidang Teknologi Maklumat dan Komunikasi (ICT) terus
berkembang pesat bagi memudahkan maklumat sampai ke pengguna tanpa mengira sempadan negara
sehingga ke hari ini. Hal ini telah menimbulkan arus ledakan globalisasi teknologi maklumat di seluruh
dunia. Sedar atau tidak, arus ledakan ini sebenarnya telah disuntik oleh sekumpulan professional yang
dikenali sebagai “usahawan maklumat” dan “inovator maklumat”.
Siapakah “usahawan maklumat” dan “inovator maklumat” ini? Merujuk buku “Becoming a
successful intrapreneur: A practical guide to creating an innovative information service” Pantry, S., &
Griffiths, P. (1998), usahawan maklumat ditakrif sebagai individu yang mempunyai kombinasi kepakaran
untuk menyelesaikan masalah perolehan maklumat berupaya menarik perhatian pengguna untuk
mendapatkan kepakaran tersebut walaupun ia berbayar: atau dengan lain perkataan, individu yang pakar
dalam menyediakan sesuatu perkhidmatan atau produk dalam bidang berkaitan membekalkan akses
kepada maklumat
Penggunaan Media Sosial Secara Lestari di Kalangan Pustakawan (Sustainable Use of Social Media Among Librarians)
Full text linkThere are many research studies that provide recommendations for the libraries to be active in social media. This showed that social media is the important modern communication application for spread-widely the promotion of library services to local and international communities. However, how about the importance of using social media in order to increase the positive perception towards the librarian profession?. Furthermore, Why are there needs for a librarian to utilize the social media sustainably? This is an article all about/Terdapat banyak kajian penyelidikan yang memberi saranan kepada Perpustakaan untuk aktif di media sosial. Hal ini menunjukkan bahawa media sosial merupakan aplikasi komunikasi moden yang penting untuk menghebah luas perkhidmatan Perpustakaan kepada masyarakat tempatan dan antarabangsa. Namun, bagaimana pula kepentingan media sosial dalam meningkatkan persepsi positif masyarakat terhadap kerjaya Pustakawan?. Tambahan pula, Mengapakah wujud keperluan seseorang Pustakawan memanfaatkan penggunaan media sosial secara lestari? Hal inilah yang cuba dikupas dalam artikel ini
DSPACE-CRIS: Perisian sistem repositori maklumat penyelidikan
Full text linkThe use of open source software for the new version of the DSpace repository system known as DSpace-CRIS has received a lot of attention by system researchers and has opened the eyes of various research management organizations. The use of DSpace-CRIS is recorded as the best step in preserving and upgrading the work of indexing the digital content of research materials more efficiently, smartly and interactively as needed in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). DSpace-CRIS has also been identified as not only a role in managing information content according to the standard Open Archives Initiative - Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) but also has evolved according to new system model specifications and frameworks. It has been adopted by European research institutes and has created a new model framework framework known as the Common European Research Information Format (CERIF) Data Mode
Is Quiz Competition an Effective Promotional Tool for Marketing Online Databases?: A Case Study in Universiti Sains Malaysia Library
Full text linkThis paper focuses on a case study to determine the impact of quiz competition as an effective promotion tool for
marketing online databases in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Library. The quiz competition was promoted using Plan, Do,Check and Action (PDCA) tool and described briefly. Then, the study tried to make a comparison analysis based on the database statistics usage before and after the quiz competition was introduced. Two samples of databases showed an increase in statistics usage while one sample showed a decrease. The participants’ level of satisfaction for the questions in the competition and for the prizes offered was also studied using simple structured interview. This study is hoped to serve as an example of case study to show that promotion through quiz competition might help librarians to persuade the patrons to notice more about the importance of using online databases and indirectly create intangible mutual understanding among the librarians, patrons, and database vendors
Penyelesaian Masalah Inovasi dan Kreativiti: Pelajar Membuang Sampah Secara Tidak Terurus Di Kolej Kediaman Puncak Perdana
Full text linkPlastic food wrappers, drink cans and wads of paper thrown from windows and balconies are a phenomenon that seems unusual. The same goes for piles of unmanaged garbage that are left alone on the lawn or on the footpath. This phenomenon is the main problem that has been identified and tried to be solved creatively by the i-PRO Student KIK Group in order to create a comfortable and conducive situation. i-PRO uses an innovative approach especially in changing the culture of "Students Disposing of Garbage Unmanaged at Kolej Puncak Perdana". Verification of the cause of human problems and methods have been used to identify the factors that contribute to the problem. As a solution, i-PRO, which consists of 10 male and female students of Puncak Perdana College, has proposed solving the problem through 3 main levels, namely through awareness programs, enforcement of rules and finally using a persuasive approach with incentives so that the people of Puncak Perdana College make cleanliness a culture. Through the 3 proposed solution levels, the problem has been successfully reduced by 65%, which is 5% less than the initial target
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