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Increasing the visibility of our electronic resources Nor Edzan Che Nasir Chief Librarian University of Malaya Library

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OUTLINE University of Malaya University of Malaya Library Services Collection Online databases E-books In-house digital initiatives Promotion Conclusion

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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 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

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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 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 non- academic staff = 5,830 Research university

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UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA LIBRARY Main Library 3 branch libraries (Zaba 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).

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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.

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COLLECTION TypesNo. of Titles No. of Units PRINT SOURCES (Books, Proceedings, Thesis, Journals, Maps, Posters, Standards) 636,9731,325,584 MANUSCRIPTS326 MICROFORM (Microfilm, Microfiche)696,023711,758 DIGITAL SOURCES (Audio CD, Video VCD,DVD, CD/DVD-ROM 5,1038,640 ONLINE SOURCES (E-books, Online Databases, E-Journals) 117,666 TOTAL1,455,7072,045,982

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ONLINE DATABASES : 2011 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 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)

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ONLINE DATABASES : 2011 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 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)

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E-BOOKS : 2011 Ebrary e-books Hart Publishing e-books NetLibrary e-books RIBA e-books ScienceDirect e-books Springer e-books

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IN-HOUSE DIGITAL INITIATIVES 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 17 th century Majalah Hiburan Peranakan Collection

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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

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Academics Orientation programme for new staff Faculty meetings Roadshows to faculties

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Students Orientation week Formal classes Information skills session Research methodology lectures GXEX1401 : Information skills

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Communication Emails Websites Facebook Carnivals

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Publications

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Vendors/Publishers Roadshows Demonstrations Marketing materials Sponsorship

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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

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edzan@um.edu.my