Local creation for global use in the information age: Accessing Malay indigenous information at ATMA via the portal www.malaycivilization.com
Starting out with one database in 1999, named PADAT, there are today six databases offering a respectable array of information and materials via www.malaycivilization.com. These databases are continuously expanded with the objective of broadening and deepening research on Malay world studies dur...
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2004
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1242/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1242/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1242/1/Local_Creation_for_Global_Use_in_the_Information_Age.pdf |
| Summary: | Starting out with one database in 1999, named PADAT, there are today six
databases offering a respectable array of information and materials via
www.malaycivilization.com. These databases are continuously expanded with
the objective of broadening and deepening research on Malay world studies
during a time when the increasing use of IT and its widespread acceptance
among researchers have not only brought massive changes to scholarly research and communication, but also affected the very survival of research
institutes themselves. In this context, we place great value and trust in science
and technology, believing that IT and Internet hold immense possibilities to
facilitate research through ‘one-to-many’, ‘many-to-one’ and ‘many-to-many’
communication. This represents a paradigm shift from the conventional
blanket collection development practised in libraries throughout the world.
In this information age, sustainable competitive advantage is no longer based
on technology alone, but also on the accessibility of information and
materials. This paper is divided into three parts. First, we have a condensed
definition of Malay indigenous information, followed by a section on the ATMA’s
strategies and efforts to create one database after another to increase the
diversity of materials relating to Malay world studies. We concluded with our
diversification plan to make these projects self-financing and self-sustaining
for a foreseeable future |
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