... disaster management is also the library’s responsibility to protect collections that belong to society at large. Originality/value This is one of the first attempts in disaster management research to focus on the preparedness and responses of academic libraries in Malaysia in the face of disasters...

... by the public university libraries in implementing income generation activities. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative data collection approach using a structured interview has been employed to elicit the opinions of librarians working in public university libraries in Klang Valley, Malaysia. In total...

... restrict beneficial activities. This paper calls for extra effort for policy makers to allow more control of digital works that may serve libraries activities. Originality/value There has not been any comparative study in the library literature on copyright exceptions for libraries in Malaysia...

...Hafsah Mohd; Rosnah Yusof; Rohaya Umar Purpose – This paper aims to report on several initiatives towards formation of national consortium among academic libraries in Malaysia. The consortium focused on subscription of online databases. Design/methodology/approach – In July 2004, CDC...

... universities' web sites and ten private universities' web sites were ranked. Similarly, EvalAccess is used to evaluate the accessibility problems of these web sites. Findings It is found, in the case of public universities' web sites, that the International Islamic University Malaysia has...

... in Malaysia and reveals several marketing strategies that may be useful to other academic libraries. The next section describes the methodology and results of a study conducted to examine how Malaysian university libraries were facing up to the challenge of using the library web site as a marketing...

... assurance Quality management Malaysia The University of Malaya's MS ISO 9001:2000 certification has instituted a quality management system (QMS) which is internationally recognized. The quality program and the implementation of the QMS in the University of Malaya (UM) is the result of the vision...

... that this brief account of the quality movement in Malaysia does not do justice to the movement as a whole because the information provided here is selective and focuses only on formalised procedures initiated by the Government for one group ‐ the Civil Service. © MCB UP Limited 1998 ISO 9000...