Multi-Disciplinary Joint UiTM-OU Collaboration

SHAH ALAM - 9 Dec. 2011 – Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) is on track with its agenda to pursue scholarships and academic excellence at international level through proposed collaborations with its long-time American partner, Ohio University (OU).

During a courtesy call to UiTM Vice Chancellor, Dato' Prof. Ir. Dr. Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar, in Shah Alam today, a delegation from OU headed by its President Dr Roderick J. McDavis, had agreed on several proposals for joint-initiatives involving academics as well as students from different faculties in UiTM.

The proposed collaborations will see the establishment of joint-programme in Business Communications, Speech and Hearing, apart from joint-research in various areas of common interest with UiTM’s Faculty of Medicine. Plans are also underway to organise joint-international festival involving the Faculty of Theatre, Animation and Film, as well as starting a research, teaching and internship collaboration with the Faculty of Communication & Media Studies and the School of Music.

Both UiTM and OU will also collaborate on the publication of the OU Review, besides establishing the UiTM-OU Chemical Engineering Institute of Corrosion. Other collaborative initiatives include the organisation of joint-seminars on the creation of new products and services, and also the introduction of the Malaysia International Summer School 2013 project involving students from relevant disciplines.

Literarcy Rate - Youth

The Literacy rate; youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in Malaysia was reported at 98.40 in 2008, according to the World Bank. Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.This page includes a historical data chart, news and forecats for Literacy rate; youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in Malaysia. Malaysia is a rapidly developing economy in Asia. Malaysia, a middle-income country, has transformed itself since the 1970s from a producer of raw materials into an emerging multi-sector economy. The Government of Malaysia is continuing efforts to boost domestic demand to wean the economy off of its dependence on exports. Nevertheless, exports - particularly of electronics - remain a significant driver of the economy.

Literacy rate; youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Malaysia

The Literacy rate; youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Malaysia was reported at 98.30 in 2008, according to the World Bank. Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.This page includes a historical data chart, news and forecats for Literacy rate; youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Malaysia. Malaysia is a rapidly developing economy in Asia. Malaysia, a middle-income country, has transformed itself since the 1970s from a producer of raw materials into an emerging multi-sector economy. The Government of Malaysia is continuing efforts to boost domestic demand to wean the economy off of its dependence on exports. Nevertheless, exports - particularly of electronics - remain a significant driver of the economy.

Literacy rate; youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in Malaysia

The Literacy rate; youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in Malaysia was reported at 98.50 in 2008, according to the World Bank. Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.This page includes a historical data chart, news and forecats for Literacy rate; youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in Malaysia. Malaysia is a rapidly developing economy in Asia. Malaysia, a middle-income country, has transformed itself since the 1970s from a producer of raw materials into an emerging multi-sector economy. The Government of Malaysia is continuing efforts to boost domestic demand to wean the economy off of its dependence on exports. Nevertheless, exports - particularly of electronics - remain a significant driver of the economy.

Sources : TradingEconomics.com



YB Menteri Pengajian Tinggi lancarkan HEIGIP: UiTM Sekretariat

PUTRAJAYA 6 Disember 2011- Menteri Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia Dato' Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin hari ini melancarkan HEIGIP (High-end Industry Graduate Internship Programme), satu program kerjasama antara Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi dan pihak industri bagi menempatkan para pelajar menjalankan latihan amali secara intensif di organisasi-organisasi yang bersifat 'high-end.' Majlis pelancaran telah berlangsung di Dewan Utama, Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia, Putrajaya.

 

Hadir sama di majlis itu ialah Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Datuk Ab. Rahim Md. Noor, Naib Canselor Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Dato’ Prof Ir. Dr. Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar, dan Timbalan Naib Canselor (Jaringan Industri, Masyarakat dan Alumni) UiTM Prof Dr Hajah Norsaadah Hj Ismail. Untuk merealisasikan program ini UiTM telah diberi mandat berterusan oleh KPT bagi memberikan komitmen yang jitu dan juga akan melibatkan pelajar-pelajar dari IPTA yang lain. Melalui perangkaan formula HEIGIP, ianya telah membuka peluang kepada UiTM serta universiti-universiti yang lainnya untuk melebarkan rangkaian dan keserakanan di bersama pihak industri.

 

Dato’ Mohamed Khaled berkata, melalui program ini kebolehpasaran graduan akan dilaksanakan secara lebih berfokus, sistematik dan komprehensif. Sebagai permulaan seramai 250 pelajar daripada 10 Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Awam (IPTA) yang terlibat akan diberikan latihan intensif bermula dari semester dua pengajian, selama sembilan hingga 12 bulan. Mereka yang mengikuti program akan diberi elaun sebanyak RM900 sebulan dan ditempatkan di 25 organisasi yang telah bersetuju mengambil dan melatih mereka dalam bidang kepakaran masing-masing. Adalah diharapkan agar program ini dapat menyediakan para graduan yang berkemahiran tinggi untuk menerajui industri “high-end” sekaligus menjayakan hasrat negara merealisasikan Model Ekonomi Baru (MEB).

 

Dua pihak berkuasa iaitu Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA) dan Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) turut bekerjasama dengan KPT dan UiTM dalam usaha melahirkan modal insan yang berkualiti dan menepati kehendak industri melalui HEIGIP. Pada masa sama, konsep “match and grow” yang ditekankan dalam perlaksanaan program juga dapat mengelakkan berlakunya brain drain apabila mahasiswa terlatih akan terus bekerja dengan industri-industri yang membangunkan kemahiran mereka. Secara keseluruhan, perlaksanaan HEIGIP sememangnya akan melahirkan suasana “win-win situation” bagi semua pihak yang terlibat sama ada kerajaan, universiti, industri dan bakal graduan itu sendiri.

 

Dalam ucapan aluannya, Naib Canselor Dato' Sahol Hamid berkata “Adalah menjadi harapan saya sebagai salah seorang peneraju IPTA untuk melahirkan bakal graduan yang berkemahiran dan berkebolehan dalam industri “high-end” melalui perlaksanaan program HEIGIP ini serta membangunkan modal insan yang kreatif, inovatif, proaktif, berkeyakinan dan mengamalkan aplikasi teori pembelajaran secara praktikal. Dengan adanya komitmen yang tinggi dari semua pihak yang terlibat, saya yakin program ini akan mencapai matlamatnya seperti yang telah digariskan."

Dato' Naib Canselor menghadap Tuanku Canselor

KUALA LUMPUR 5 Disember 2011- Naib Canselor, Dato' Prof. Ir. Dr. Dr. –Ing. E.h. Sahol Hamid bin Abu Bakar hari ini menghadap Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Al-Wathiqu Billah Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah, bagi mengucapkan junjungan kasih atas perkhidmatan Baginda selama lima tahun sebagai Canselor Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). Majlis berlangsung di Istana Terengganu, Kuala Lumpur, jam 12.00 tengahari.

Dalam majlis tersebut Seri Paduka Baginda telah berkenan menerima persembahan cenderakenangan daripada pihak UiTM yang berupa sebuah buku bertajuk 'Menjunjung Kasih Tuanku Canselor: Koleksi Kenangan 5 Tahun Bersama UiTM (2007 – 2011): Budi disemai semerbak wangi, Tuanku junjungan mengharum universiti' terbitan Jabatan Komunikasi Korporat dan dua buah lukisan potret Baginda dan juga Seri Paduka Baginda Raja Permaisuri Agong yang dihasilkan oleh En. Suhaimi Tohid, pensyarah Fakulti Senilukis dan Senireka. Dato' Naib Canselor telah menyembah ucapan menjunjung kasih atas komitmen Baginda yang amat tinggi sebagai Canselor UiTM. Baginda juga telah banyak memberi ilham dan idea untuk perkembangan universiti ini.

Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin akan tamat tempoh perkhidmatan sebagai Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Malaysia ke-13 pada 12 Disember ini. Baginda mengucapkan terima kasih kepada pihak UiTM serta warganya, yang telah memberi layanan yang amat baik setiap kali berangkat ke majlis-majlis universiti. Baginda mendoakan agar hasrat UiTM menghasilkan pemenang Hadiah Nobel Malaysia pertama akan menjadi kenyataan, dan UiTM akan terus cemerlang melahirkan lebih ramai para graduan yang bertaraf dunia.

Berita dalaman UiTM ini dikeluarkan oleh Jabatan Komunikasi Korporat, UiTM pada 5/12/2011.

 

Aktiviti Sepanjang Tahun

Lawatan Benchmarking ke Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Selangor

Lawatan Penandarasan Perpustakaan UiTM Kampus Melaka ke Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Selangor telah dilaksanakan dengan jayanya pada 2 November 2011. Hampir kesemua Pustakawan dan kakitangan Perpustakaan UiTM Melaka telah mengikuti rombongan penandarasan ini.

What is Impact Factor?

The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed to be more important than those with lower ones. The impact factor was devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), now part of Thomson Reuters. Impact factors are calculated yearly for those journals that are indexed in Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports.

Key Points :

• The only quantitative way of ranking a journal
• A quantitative measure of the frequency with which the "average article" published in a given scholarly journal has been cited in a particular year or period.
• Is used in citation analysis
• It is calculated each year by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) for those journals which it tracks, and are published in the Journal Citation Report.
• Impact Factors have a huge, but controversial, influence on the way published scientific research is perceived and evaluated

Calculation of Impact Factor

The impact factor for a journal is calculated based on a three-year period, and can be considered to be the average number of times published papers are cited up to two years after publication. For example, the 2007 impact factor for a journal would be calculated as follows:

              A = the number of times articles published in 2005-6 were cited in indexed journals during 2007

              B = the number of articles, reviews, proceedings or notes published in 2005-6 

             2007 impact factor = A/B

• (note that the 2007 impact factor was actually published in 2008, because it could not be calculated until all of the 2007 publications had been received.)

Available in citation database such as ISI, Scopus, MyAIS

Book Review : From A to Zine

Product Description

This unique and comprehensive guide is a must-have for any librarian thinking about starting a zine collection. Bartel uses her experiences creating the Salt Lake City Library zine collection, currently the largest public library collection in the country, as the basis for the book. Her purpose is to inspire librarians to delve into the world of the alternative press - and inspire she does. She shares not only her experiences putting the collection together, but also of dealing with the diverse membership of the zine community, giving novices insight into its world through her own commentary and through quotations from zinesters themselves. The advice is invaluable. Beginning with a short history of zines and the culture that surrounds them, Bartel presents a compelling argument as to why public libraries should include these materials in their holdings. She embraces their controversial nature, addressing potential problems and suggesting solutions. Readers are taken step by step through the process of collection development, cataloging, and even display and publicity. Black-and-white photographs are few but are helpful in illustrating how her library's collection is organized. An outstanding effort. - Michele Capozzella, Chappaqua Public Library, NY
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Book Review : Introduction to marketing

Product Description

Drawing on disciplines such as economics, sociology and psychology, Introduction to Marketing encourages readers to critically analyse marketing frameworks, and discuss alternative options. Consideration is given to marketing problems, and students are invited to debate issues surrounding these, such as potential causes and effects, rather than be presented with prescriptive solutions. A chapter on responsible marketing has been added for the new edition, addressing topics such as ethics, corporate responsibility and sustainability, and assessing the impact of these topics on the field of marketing. Content on services marketing has now been integrated throughout the book, reflecting the changing nature of services and acknowledging the move towards service based industries.

The new edition maintains a four part structure, beginning with the fundamentals of the marketing environment and outlining what marketing really is. Part two considers customers and how they are central to marketing activities, and part three looks at the marketing mix. The text concludes by bringing the key themes together with discussion of marketing management of marketing and marketing in an international context. Through reading the text students will gain a holistic understanding of marketing and how one area may impact on another.

A wealth of pedagogical features including case studies and application boxes highlight the link between theory and practice. Key issues surrounding the internet and social responsibility are integrated throughout the text, ensuring students understand the importance and relevance of outside influences on a company's marketing decisions and actions.

The textbook is accompanied by an online resource centre and all resources will be updated for the new edition. Suggested answers to case study review questions have been added to the lecturer part of the site for this edition. The online resource center features comprise:

Online Resource Center

Lecturer resources:

Suggested answers to case study review questions

Suggested answers to chapter review questions

Additional discussion points

PowerPoint slides

Lecturer guidelines to accompany the PowerPoint slides

Test bank of questions

Student resources:

Additional suggested reading

Case studies with questions

Additional chapter review questions

Multiple choice questions

Web exercises

Web links

Book Review : Introduction to Languages and the theory of computation

Product Description

Introduction to Languages and the Theory of Computation helps students make the connection between the practice of computing and an understanding of the profound ideas that defines it. The book's organization and the author's ability to explain complex topics clearly make this introduction to the theory of computation an excellent resource for a broad range of upper level students. The author has learned through many years of teaching that the best way to present theoretical concepts is to take advantage of the precision and clarity of mathematical language. In a way that is accessible to students still learning this language, he presents the necessary mathematical tools gently and gradually which provides discussion and examples that make the language intelligible.Amazon.com Review

Even those with little mathematical background will be able to understand this user-friendly book, which focuses on formal languages and models of computation. (The author devotes an entire chapter to induction and recursive definitions.) Introduction to Languages and the Theory of Computation weaves numerous examples and highly readable discussions of the key ideas--and how they fit into the larger picture--in between rigorous proofs of the theorems.

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Trial Online Databases

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Penggunaan EZaccess (Online Databases)

Sebagai langkah pencegahan kepada isu berkaitan penggunaaan EZaccess maka dimaklumkan, EZaccess ID dan password  akan ditukar ke ID dan password yang baru berkuatkuasa 10 Ogos 2011 .


Bagi Pelajar

EZaccess ID : No Pelajar (10 digit )
Password     : No Kad Pengenalan  yang digunakan semasa mendaftar sebagai Pelajar UiTM

Bagi Staff
Sila dapatkan user name dan password daripada pihak perpustakaan :

Perpustakaan KBM : 06-2857082
Perpustakaan Kampus Alor Gajah  : 06-5582086

Strenght and Weakness of Open Source Software

OSS STRENGHTS

Ease of integration (Retrospective conversion)

· The combination of open platforms and simplicity of customization makes integrating open-source systems with other software considerably easier. Many open-source solutions are also built with newer technology, which was developed with integration in mind, such as XML or LDAP.

Pool resources across organizations

·  The ability to freely share open-source code would potentially allow organizations (particularly government agencies) to pool resources, and share the benefits (and costs) of refining content management solutions.

·  For example, additional customizations and improvements made by one agency to an open-source system could be applied to other agencies. This would allow larger agencies to support less-resourced agencies in meeting their content management needs.

·  Can extract data from other system which is not OSS such as Library of Congress, OhioLink, etc.

Ability to fit local needs

· The customizations options enable users to show what they want and to hide unescessary information.

‘Try before you buy’

·  Trial version available online.

No restrictions on use

·  Unlimited users for free access and installations.

·  No restrictions on how the software is used and no invoices for each user license.

Pay for services, not software (Maintenance)

·  With no outlay on software, an open-source leaves the majority of the project budget to address critical supporting tasks, including:

Ø    customizing the open sources system to match specific business needs

Ø    integrating the open sources  system with other business systems

Ø    developing templates, style sheets and publishing code

Ø    reviewing, restructuring and creating content

Ø    Providing training to authors and end users.

Ø   Conducting communication and change management activities.

Ø   Libraries share their efforts, where each user’s cost is reduced. User don’t have to pay or allocate cost for the software. Pay only for needed support or any additional products & services if required. Even then  huge savings than commercial software. 

Innovation

·  with open source code, users keep-up innovating, improving which means often much faster development cycle when compared to proprietary software

Reliability

·  OSS is peer-reviewed software, exposed to extreme scrutiny, with problems being found and fixed instead of being kept secret until the wrong person discovers. So the code base is more reliable than closed, proprietary software. Mature open-source code is as bulletproof as software ever gets. OSS evolves at astonishing speed. People improve it, people adapt it, and people fix bugs.

Weaknesses of OSS

1)  Most of open source software applications are not reliable

-      Less great financial stakes involved (Invest). For example less support fund for R&D from the principal company.

2)  Manuals for OSS in internet is not reliable

-      Lack of verified support document available

-      Manuals are not update frequently

-      Small number of user manual available online

3)  Involves installation costs if no expert internally

Installation process requires higly skills in OSS

-      Technical support too costly compared to commercial software each when have any technical problems.

4)  Most of the open source applications are incompatible with the present day devices/gadgets.

-      Some of the devices/gadgets required higher and specific requirement in order to run the application such as smart phone, ipad, etc.

5)  No guarantee of updates

-      There is no responsible person to do a regular updates

-      Can get stuck with the same old version for a years without getting an update

-      Developer and user communities not so active in discussing the matter of updates

6)  Projects can die

-      Programmers just lose interest with being involved or they become fraught with infighting that arresting further development

7)  Require advance skills

-      Search and cataloguing module require advance programming skills

-      Require advance tehnical installation skills to install the software

8)  Some application interface not userfriendly

-      Only provide basic module

-      Certain OSS provide marc format interface view where is not suitable for user view (Only suitable for librarian view).

9)  Retrospective conversion process need to be done by internal personel

-      Only the internal personal know or to ensure the exact records need to be migrate in order to avoid loss of records

A talk by Dr Robert Fisk

Role of librarian in 21st century.

1)    Information broker for both print and electronic media.

Ø  Identifies, retrieves, organize, repackages and provide electronic access to digital information sources

2)    Changes agent in Technology application leader

Ø  Collaborates with IT services to design and evaluate systems that would facilitate e-access

3)    Facilitator

Ø  Make access easier, example : provide network access, purchase software and e-journal licences

4)    Educators ;

Ø  Trains client on Internet use : tools, search engines, online databases and catalogs, electronic journals; use of web based instruction and online tutorial.

5)    Innovator / Web Designer / Builder / managers

Ø  Designs the libraries web pages and searches and evaluate information resources to be linked to the site ; create an awareness of library services on the web , in some instances manages the organizational web site.

6)    Database manager

Ø  Print bibliographies are no longer in use as searching via online database is faster and more efficient.

7)    Collaborator

Ø  Expanded area of collaboration, not just with fellow librarians but with IT people, the community, etc.

8)    Policy maker

Ø  Develops or participates in the development of an information policy for an organization, ensuring total or selective access to all information resources

9)    Business manager

Ø  Negotiates with publisher and aggregertors for the most advantageous license aggrements for e-journal and databases

10) Image Maker

Ø  Adds values to the library to gain management support and project a positive image to the outside world

11) Professional Competencies

Ø  Librarians knowledge in the areas of information resources, information access, technology management, and research plus the ability to apply them in providing library and information services

Sources :

Ramos, Milla M. (2008). The role of librarian in 21^st century. http://www.slideshare.net/plaistrlc/the-role-of-librarians-in-the-21st-century