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14 PERISTIWA

UIM LIBRARIES ORGANISED WORKSHOP

ON RDA FOR PRIVATE COLLEGES AND

UNIVERSITIES LIBRARIES IN MALAYSIA

esource Description and Access (RDA) is the new international cataloging
standard that replaced AACR2R and is used to describe all types of
Rresources print, digital and online forms.

UIM Libraries and Kumpulan Kerja Participants were introduced to “It is our aim that by 2017, all libraries
Perpustakaan IPTS (KKPI) have the basic of RDA, the changes from in Malaysia especially the academic
successfully organised a four day AACR2R to RDA and the continuity libraries like us will use the latest
workshop on Organizing Media of the foundations of AACR2R in cataloging standard namely RDA in
Resources, Electronic Resources RDA. The approach of the workshop cataloging our library collections”
and Serials using RDA Cataloging is practical and hands-on rather said Azman Abdul Rahim, Senior
Standard from 15th till 18th of than conceptual where participants Deputy Chief Librarian at UIM
February 2016. were able to catalog by using the Libraries, who is also the Chairman
RDA standard and coding records in of KKPI.
There were 22 participants from MARC 21.
private colleges and universities UIM libraries provide high standard of
libraries such as Universiti Tenaga The facilitator for the workshop library and information services and
Malaysia (UNITEN), Management was Associate Professor Hamidah A experiences through the librarians’
and Sciences University (MSU), Rahman, a Senior Lecturer from the expertise, library collections and
International Medical University Faculty of Information Management, state of the art library facilities.
(IMU), Kuala Lumpur International Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). Details on UIM Wisdom Library
University (KLIU), Infrastructure She is also the Chairperson of the and CIMB Islamic – Primary Islamic
University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL), Working Committee on MARC 21 for Finance Library
Cyberjaya Medical College (CUCMS), RDA (MARC21 Tags 336, 337, & 338)
Kolej Universiti Islam Melaka (NLM) and a member of the Steering Website: library.uim.edu.my
(KUIM), International Islamic College Committee for Resource Description Email: library@uim.edu.my
(IIC), Universiti Tun Abdul Razak and Access (RDA) Malaysia (NLM).
(UNIRAZAK) and Universiti Islam
Malaysia (UIM).