WADAH PERPUSTAKAAN

WADAH PERPUSTAKAAN
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Bil.8 Ogos 2013 ISSN 1609-4271
WISHING OUR MEMBERS A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS
HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI 1434
SEMINAR ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE EDUCATION :
COLLABORATION AMONG ASEAN COUNTRIES
The seminar from 14-16 July 2013 was hosted by the School of Liberal Arts of the Sukhothai
Thammathirat Open University, Bangpod, Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand. It was attended by one
participant from each ASEAN member state and one from India, Japan and Taiwan respectively and
33 Thai LIS educators and Ph.D students. Pn Nellie DPH Sunny, BLA President represented
Brunei Darussalam.
The seminar was opened by Assoc. Prof. Chailerd Pinchipornchai, President Sukhothai Thammathirat
Open University pada 15 Julai 2013 dan declared closed by Prof. Patamapron Yenbamrung,
Chairman Organising Committee.
The seminar heard country updates followed by a lively discussion forum on five main areas of
possible collaboration i.e. Curriculum and Teaching, Education media, research in LIS, professional
development and resource sharing and other academic activities.
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The meeting was held on evening of
19 June 2013. The meeting discussed
preparation for Kuala Lumpur Study visit
in November and the Majlis Mambaca
Surah Yassin, Tahlil and Sungkai on
Friday 5 July 2013.
BLA COUNCIL MEETING
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRAINING
The 3 rd meeting was held on 2 Ramadan 1434
10 July 2013 at 3pm to discuss the library
qualification framework and defining the
Certificate curriculum based on the revised
competencies skills . Members agreed to split the
certificate into 3 levels and to produce the
programme details after one month. Members
also discussed looking at e-learning as a positive
option.
The 4 th meeting was held on Friday 11
Ramadan 1434, 19 July 2013. Pn Nellie
shared with the members the outcome of
the Seminar LIS: Collaboration among
ASEAN countries. The seminar agreed to
think about ASEAN , to promote LIS
education and research in a much more
interactive way, to improve image of LIS as
an indispensible profession in the 21 st
century. organising all kinds of knowledge
is our business, the need to sharpen our
skills and make them visible to the world.
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ALUMNI CLASS OF 64 DINNER
YB Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Karna Dato Seri Setia (Dr) Hj Awang Abu Bakar Hj Apong hosted a
dinner for the members of Alumni Class of 64 on 18 June 2013. It was attended by DSP Hj Eussoff
Agaki, Dato Hj Ahmad, Nellie, Pg Datin Hjh Siti Mariam, Awg.Hj Alamin, Lt Kol Hj Sarbini, Awg Hj
Ahmad. Also present were Dyg Nurul Fajrina and Dyg Nooralizah.
TEA WITH LIS OVERSEAS STUDENTS
Pn Nellie, BLA President hosted
a tea on 18 June 2013 with LIS
overseas students Dyg Norliha
and Awg Md Hafizuddin currently
studying BSc Econ Information
and Library Studies in at
Aberyswyth University and
NDILM graduates Dyg Amalina
(JIS librarian) and Dyg Zuriani (a
teacher), two of four students
who completed their Advanced
Diploma in Information/Library
Services (HND) at Canberra
Institute of Technology, shared
their learning experiences while
studying overseas and made
suggestions to useful topics for
consideration in future LIS
programmes in Brunei
Darussalam.
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From page 1
SEMINAR ON LIS EDUCATION:
COLLABORATION AMONG ASEAN COUNTRIES
The participants were taken on a study
visit to Pra Nakorn Province, some 56 km
from Bangkok. We visited three places of
interest:
Pra Pathom Chedi-the biggest pagoda in
Thailand and is the first Buddist religion
landmark. It is the tallest in the world with
a height of 127m and a diameter of
233m.
Then we proceeded to Silpakhorn
University and visited the Central Library.
We were welcomed by the University
Librarian. We toured the Thai Western
Regional Information Centre, Mom Luang
Pin Malakul Memorial Room and the
Silpakorn University Archives.
Our final stop was at the Sanam
Chandra Palace built by King Rama
VI in 1907 with a French and English
style, on a 335 acres site consisting
of five main buildings and a shrine. It
is now a museum.
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TRAINING OF TRAINERS BASED ON THE COMMONWEALTH MANUAL ON
YOUTH ENTERPRISE/ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The training workshop was held on
26 June to 2 July 2013 at Mangrove
Paradise Resort. It was organized
by Youth Entrepreneurship
Development Unit, Youth and Sports
Development, Ministry of Culture,
Youth and Sports and conducted by
four Commonwealth experts. The
training was based on the
Commonwealth Manual on Youth
entrepreneurship produced by the
Commonwealth Youth Programme..
Fourty three participants from NGOs,
schools, attended the workshop. Pn Nellie
was representing the WBC. they are
expected to become trainers and
train youths in entrepreneurship using the
Manual.
There are 7 modules in the Manual among the topics were level of active concentration for
excellence, behavioural blocks to excellence, business planning and enterprise creation,. Participants
learnt through interactive games, micro lab, and role play.The workshop was closed by Tuan Hj
Suhaila, Dep Permanent Secretary of Education. who also presented certificates to the participants.
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EFFECTIVE SUCCESSION PLANNING AND TALENT MANAGEMENT IN
LIBRARIES & INFORMATION CENTRES
by
Hjh Rosnani Binti Hj Yaakub, Mindef Library & Info Centre
The workshop from 5-7 February 2013 was a programme under the Workshop On Leadership For
Libraries And Information Centres [Series 2] organised by the Perdana Leadership Foundation,
Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, for senior officers, chief librarian and library officers.
There were four participants from Brunei Darussalam namely Hjh Rosnani Binti Hj Yaakub – Mindef
Library & Info centre, Hjh Pusparaini Binti Hj Thani – Institut Teknologi Brunei, Hjh Norsenah Binti Hj
Nasir – Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka Brunei and,Hjh Nurul Rabiatul Adawiyah Binti Hj Berudin –
Mindef Library & Info Centre
The theme of the workshop was effective succession planning and talent management in libraries and
info centres. Succession planning involves having senior executives periodically review their top
executives and those in the next lower level to determine several backups for each senior position.
Organizations will need to create pools of candidates with high leadership potential. It often takes
years of grooming to develop effective senior managers.
OBJECTIVES
The objectives helps to answer two fundamental questions:
How well-positioned are libraries in retaining the best performers to meet current and
future challenges
The programme delivers the information and insights needed to help libraries respond to a rapidlyshifting
landscape. It is designed for those whose role is to think strategically about emerging needs
of users, about changing expectations of library staff, about new technologies and about the long term
range plans for the library within a larger institutional context.
How effective are librarians own succession planning strategy?
Service strategies in all arenas are moving toward customization or individualization, customization
means getting customers to teach you, what they want, remembering what they teach you,
providing what they want.
In a customer focus environment, development and delivery of library and information services must
involve the customer to a great extent.
PROGRAMME AGENDA
The workshop delivered various topic such as defining succession planning and talent management,
approach to attract and retain talented workers, skill practice, the succession planning 9 box, talent
management framework, identify key positions & competencies, selecting high potential candidates,
leadership development (how to plan for leadership development) and lessons learnt and next step.
The participants were encouraged to get involved with the discussions, sharing their experience,
analysed case study and group presentation.
IMPORTANT TOPIC
SUCCESSION PLANNING VS REPLACEMENT PLANNING
Succession planning is the process of identifying and preparing suitable employees through
mentoring, training and job rotation to replace key players such as the (CEO) within an
organization as their terms expire and focused on developing talent to move forward.
Replacement planning is focused on identifying immediate understudies.
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From page 6
SUCCESION PLANNING (WHAT, WHO, WHY AND HOW)
The process that helps ensure the stability of tenure of personnel. A deliberate and systematic effort
in an organization to ensure that key leadership continuity is key positions retain and develop
intellectual and knowledge capital for the future and encourage individual enhancement.
FUTURE TALENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LIBARIAN
The future talent requirements for the librarian needs three step to be implemented:
Identify the current and future talent requirement for the entire librarian
Critical positions within the librarian are identified, the detailed skill, performance, and experience
requirements for those positions.
Developed robust talent database
Develop a comprehensive database by integrating information from multiple internal systems, such
as, quantitative and qualitative performance data, competency ratings, training and employee
relations data.
Employ powerful talent search and reporting
The powerful features of succession planning solution, automatically identifies all individuals eligible
for career promotion on a quarterly basis and manages the individual development plans for
participants identified a high potential.
CONCLUSION
The workshop ended with fruitful knowledge and experience. It guides the participants how to create
a talent pool for their organization. Teach the long term and short term planning for the future
development of librarians. The participants were given with tips on how to get the most out of the
event with powerful quotes such as: Participate, be an active listener, be helpful and proactive, ask
questions when the opportunity and Q& A sessions, be willing to share experiences with other
participants, appreciate others viewpoints, be punctual and do not go ‘MIA’ (Missing and Action),
enjoy yourself.
HAPPENINGS
31 May 2013 Announcement of a new armed forced organisation structure
31 May 2013 RBAF Golden Jubilee book by Prof Hussainmiya launched.
1 June 2013 Launch of Borneo Bird Race 2013
1 June 2013 Bird watching tourism launched by MIPR to mark Nature Festival
2 June 2013 116 divers joined MIPR-led effort to clean corals of Pelong Rocks to mark
World Ocean Day 2013
7 June 2013 No styrofoam campaign to mark World Environment Day 2013
7-9 June 2013 Sea Festival
11-14 June 2013 Brunei History Centre History Carnival.
13 June 2013 Opening of Mall Post Office
13-15 June 2013 20 th Meeting of ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Crops
14-17 June 2013 50 youths completed Brunei Museum Young Naturalist Programme
18 June 2013 Brunei Darussalam Islamic Investment Summit
19-20 June 2013 ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Plus Humanitarian Assistance And
Disaster Relief And Military Exercise in Bangar involving 3,000 personal and
military assets from 18 ADMDA-Plus countries
23 June 2013 Kids athletes during the Olympics Day 2013, Temburong
23 June 2013 Supermoon sighted in Brunei Darussalam. It was 14% larger and 30%
brighter.
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23 June 2103 Nisfu Syaaban mass prayers
25 June 2013 BSM Retailers and Fore Court Crew Awards Night
25 June 2013 BIBD Annual General Meeting
26 June 2013 BIBD launched new brand and banking experience
29 June 2013 State Mufti delivered lecture at Brunei Hall London
29 June2013 NAB 1 st Tenpin bowling Tournament
29 June 2013 30 th National inter secondary and college hadrah competition
30 June 2013 46 th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting, Bandar Seri Begawan
30 June 2013 14 th ASEAN plus 3 Foreign Ministers Meeting,Bandar Seri Begawan
30 June 2013 Geology Society of Brunei Darussalam launched
30 June 2013 PGGMB Annual General Meeting and elections
30 June 2013 8 th Asian Youth Netball Championships
1 Jul 2013 Hoisting of the giant national flag to mark the 67 th birthday of His Majesty
1 Jul 2013 Friends of the Lower Mekong Ministerial Meeting, Bandar Seri Begawan
1 Jul 2013 Handing over keys for new Gadong Health Centre
2 Jul 2013 3 rd East Asia Summit: Foreign Ministers Meeting, Bandar Seri Begawan
2 Jul 2013 20 th ASEAN Regional Forum, Bandar Seri Begawan
2 Jul 2013 MOE dialogue with primary school leaders on the 7 grand initiatives to realize
Vision 2035
2 Jul 2013 Launch of the Language Month
5-7 Jul 2013 8 th RBA Golf Club amateur open championships 2013
6 Jul 2013 Forum bencana alam
15 July 2013 67 th birthday of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah and Yang
Dipertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam
WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS
79 TH IFLA General Assembly And Conference, 17-23 Aug 2013, Spore
16 th CONSAL Conference, ASEAN Aspirations: Libraries as
Sustainable Advancement. 8-12 June 2015, Bangkok, Thailand
All materials are copyrighted and any form of reproduction is not permitted without the permission of the
publisher. WADAH PERPUSTAKAAN is published by © Brunei Darussalam Library Association, c/o Class 64
Library, SOASC, Jalan Tengah, Bandar Seri Begawan BS8411. email:pobox.bla@gmail.com. Editor: Nellie
Dato Paduka Haji Sunny. Photo credits. Nellie, Prof Chutima. Layout: Nooralizah Mohamad and Nurul Fajrina
Kamaluddin
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