WADAH PERPUSTAKAAN

WADAH PERPUSTAKAAN
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Bil.6 Jun 2013 ISSN 1609-4271
1st MEETING CONSAL XVI EXECUTIVE BOARD
The 1 st Meeting was held on 8-10 May 2013 in Bangkok. It was chaired by Ms.
Wilawan Sapphansaen, former Director of National Library Thailand. The Welcome
Remarks was delivered by Ms Pimpan Paiboonwangchroen, Acting Director of
National Library Thailand and the Closing Remarks was delivered by Khunying
Maenmas Chavalit, President of Thai Library Association. It was attended by the
President, Secretary of National Library Associations and the Director of National
Library of CONSAL member countries. Timor Leste was present as Associate
Member.Go to page 2
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From page 1
Brunei Darussalam was represented by Nellie DPH Sunny, BLA President, Nur
Nadzirah Zainul’arifin, BLA Secretary and Tuan Hj Sahari Hj Nassar, Chief Librarian
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei.
The 1 st Meeting began with introduction of members as the meeting welcomed both
old and new faces to the Board. Besides approving the minutes of the 3 rd Meeting of
CONSAL XV EB in Bali 2012, a brief update from each member country. The
meeting went on to discuss about the preparations for the upcoming CONSAL XVI
General Conference to be held on 8-12 June 2015 in Bangkok. The registration fees
have been as low as possible to encourage younger librarians to participate in the
conference.
The theme of the conference is ASEAN Aspirations: libraries as sustainable
advancement. It was chosen to address CONSAL’s concerns and is in line with the
ASEAN Declaration on the ASEAN Community 2015 and the three pillars of ASEAN;
addressing issues on prioritizing education and life-long learning, literacy,
knowledge sharing, investing in HRD training and capacity building, unity and a
common ASEAN identity.
The meeting also discussed the ‘revival’ of the CONSAL Secretary General. The
presence of the CONSAL Sec Gen is important in future EB meetings.
The Meeting heard progress reports of projects initiated by CONSAL member
countries.
Country
Brunei Darussalam (BLA)
Indonesia
Singapore (NLB)
Name of projects initiated
CONSAL Bibliography on Traditional Cultures
Directory of Leading women of Southeast Asia
Indonesian Proclaimator Collection on Soekarno and
Muhammad Hatta
Profile of LIS education.
Business Excellence Framework
Treasures of National Libraries
Thailand a workshop on preservation and conservation of
documentary heritage of ASEAN Counties
The meeting also agreed for Khunying Maenmas being among the earliest EB
member to spear head a publication on the history of CONSAL with inputs from
each member country. This publication is due in 2015.
The 2nd EB meeting is scheduled to be held on 7-9 May 2014 in Thailand.
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4 th BLA COUNCIL MEETING
The Council met on Friday
17 May 2013. Matters
discussed included
reporting of the 1 st Meeting
of CONSAL XVI Executive
Board and preparations for
16 th CONSAL Conference
2015 and CONSAL
publication projects, IFLA
boulevard,BLA membership
drive and promotion and
fund raising activities.
MEETING OF ALUMNI CLASS 64 AND SOASC
The meeting on 27 Apri 2013 was chaired by Dato Hj Eussoff Agaki Hj Ismail. Also present
were Nellie DPH Sunny and Tuan Hj Ahmad Hj Gafar from Alumni Class 64 and Cikgu
Santra and Cikgu Noreen Noor representing SOASC. Ms Tay from Zimac Technologies was
invited to brief the meeting on the new library system and the recovery work on KAMPILMU
database.
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1 st MEETING CONSAL XVI EB
President and Secretary of National Library Associations of CONSAL Countries
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CULTURAL VISITS
Sirikit Institute, Chitralada Villa
Wat chaiwatthanaram Bang pa-in summer palace Ayutthaya elephant
palace Royal krall
King chulalongkorn memorial exhibition
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CONSAL CULTURAL VISITS
From page 5
As a part of the meeting programme, the host institutions also arranged cultural visits for
the delegates.
Day 1
The study tour to Samakhom Ananta Throne Hall Bangkok,a very beautiful building in
Bangkok. The Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall is a former reception hall within Dusit
Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. It now serves as a museum and is from time to time used
for certain state occasions. The building in Italian Renaissance and Neo Classic style
was commissioned to the architects Mario Tamagno and Annibale Rigotti. Marble from
Carrara, Italy, and other foreign building materials were used. The Throne Hall is a two
storey construction with a large dome (49.5 m high) in the centre, surrounded by six
smaller domes. The domes and walls are covered with paintings by Professor Galileo
Chini and Carlo Riguli depicting the history of the Chakri Dynasty, from the first to the
sixth reign. This building was finally completed in 1915. It is open to the public every day
except on Chulalongkorn Day (23 October), the King's birthday (5 December) and the
Queen's birthday (12 August). We have to pay 150 Baht for entry fee to this building and
its exhibits.
Day 2
On the second day we visited the Ancient City of Ayutthaya. It is the capital of Ayutthaya
province in Thailand which is located in the valley of the Chao Phraya River. The city
was founded in 1350 by King U Thong. The Historic City of Ayutthaya, founded in 1350,
was the second capital of the Siamese Kingdom. It flourished from the 14th to the 18th
centuries, during which time it grew to be one of the world’s largest and most
cosmopolitan urban areas and a center of global diplomacy and commerce. Ayutthaya
was strategically located on an island surrounded by three rivers connecting the city to
the sea. Now it has become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
From here we proceeded to Bang Pa-in Summer Palace, which is a palace complex
formerly used by the Thai kings. The palace is located on the Chao Phraya River bank in
Bang Pa-In district, Ayutthaya Province. The facilities include vast gardens and
landscaping, Wehart Chamrunt (Heavenly Light), a Chinese-style royal palace and
throne room; the Warophat Phiman (Excellent and Shining Heavenly Abode), a royal
residence; Ho Withun Thasana (Sages' Lookout), a brightly painted lookout tower; and
the Aisawan Thiphya-Art (Divine Seat of Personal Freedom), a pavilion constructed in
the middle of a pond. The palace remains largely open to visitors. Next we visited the
Wat Chaiwatthanaram temple, the most impressive ancient temple compound in
Ayutthaya. Built in 1630 by King Prasat Thong to honour his mother, Wat Chai
Wattanaram was conceived as a replica of the Angkor temple. There is a fee of 50 Baht
to enter the grounds
After that we were taken to visit the Ayutthaya Elephant palace and Royal Kraal.
Elephants are regarded as the royal symbol of Thailand and have long serve the country
in numerous ways, for example the past kings in the battle for national freedom. A visit to
Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal offers a priceless insight into the dignified
role that elephant have played in the history of Thailand freedom. The Ayutthaya
Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal offers several activities, such as taking visitors on a
ride on an elephant to get an idea of the past glory of Ayutthaya by following the royal
routes once taken by the kings.
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GOODREADS.COM
Goodreads.com is a social media site for finding and sharing titles that has 15 million members, is
exploding in popularity and rivaling Amazon.com as a platform for promoting new books.
The site allows passionate readers to share what they are reading, rate books they have already read
and list what they are considering next. They can do this publicly or among only a self-selected
network of online friends. The site is also host to roughly 20,000 organically occurring online book
clubs for every preference — from people interested in only Proust to those who prefer history and
Tudor-period fiction. There are 314 clubs for paranormal romance fans alone.
Goodreads and smaller similar sites are addressing what publishers call the “discoverability” problem:
How do you guide consumers to books they might want to read? The digital age has created online
retail sites that are overflowing with new books, leaving readers awash in unknown titles.
At the same time the number of bookstores has shrunk considerably, depriving customers of the
ability to browse or ask staff members for guidance.
For a long time Amazon, the largest online bookseller, dominated the digital discovery zone through
its book reviews, recommendations and displays on its home page. But Amazon has lost some trust
among readers recently amid concerns that its reviews and recommendations can contain hidden
agendas.
The theory behind Goodreads and its two main — albeit much smaller — competitors, Shelfari and
LibraryThing, is that people will put more faith in book recommendations from a social network they
build themselves. Amazon was convinced enough by the concept that it bought Shelfari in 2008. It
also owns a portion of LibraryThing as a result of purchasing companies that already owned a stake
in the site.
Goodreads members represent a small portion of all book buyers, and it is not immune from some of
the politicking that goes on elsewhere — authors are not prevented from reviewing their own books,
for instance. But advocates consider this acceptable because readers can choose their own
reviewers.
“Because Goodreads is not a publisher or retailer, people feel that the information is not getting
manipulated,”
Goodread.com was founded by Otis Chandler, grandson of the last family owner of The Los Angeles
Times, and the woman he later married, Elizabeth Khuri Chandler.The couple began creating
Goodreads in 2006 from Mr. Chandler’s apartment, and it made its debut in 2007. By 2009 they were
doing well enough to raise $2 million in venture capital and then open offices in San Francisco. As the
site grew, they added features: a recommendation engine, author video chats, book giveaways and a
newsletter that fostered a sense of community.
Slowly the site became the largest source of independent reviews on the Web, with 21 million and
counting.
Goodreads has been particularly crucial for self-published authors, many of whom would never have
had success without it. But even authors with publishers are setting up their own Web pages on
Goodreads to promote future books — as essential as Twitter or Facebook
— and to connect with readers while not on tour. Source. Read Any Good Web Sites Lately? Book
Lovers Talk Online By Leslie Kaufman. Nytimes.com/2013/02/13 / books/goodread.com
Goodreads.cpm has since been acquired by Amazon.com.
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E-dongeng
Hjh Noraidah Hj Madin on 16 May 2013,
demonstrated her e-dongeng animation
project of a national folklore ‘Nakhoda
Ragam’ to Pn Nellie, BLA President.
This was her final year project for the
award of HND in Internet and Multimedia
Development at ITB in 2012. It is
targeted for use in libraries. The test run
at Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei
public library received encouraging
response from the librarians. The
package is aimed at popularizing
national folklores among children.
HAPPENINGS
27 Apr 2013 Stardom Quest
27 Apr 2013 Sukan Ria antara Syarikat
28 Apr 2013 National Day Run
28 Apr 2013 PWD. Charity Golf Tournament to mark World Water Day 2013
30 April 2013 International Girls in ICT Day. Initiated by ITU to create a global
environment that empowers and encourage girls and young women to
consider careers in the growing field of Information and
Communication Technology.
4 May 2013 Karnival Unit Pendidikan Khas
5 May 2013 National Family Day ‘ My Family, My Hope’
9 May 2013 Launch of new format driving and vehicle license and vehicle
registration books
11 May 2013 launch of green building council
31 May-1 & 2 Jun, The Baiduri Masters 2013, RBA Golf Club
& 7-9 Jun 2013
7-9 May 2013 World Ocean Day ‘celebrate the seas’
9 Jun 2013 Pusat Ehsan. The Run
28-29 Aug 2013 Diversity of Language in Borneo Forum
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
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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, Nur Nadzirah, Pelita Brunei, Borneo Bulletin, Brunei Times.
Layout: Nooralizah Mohamad and Nurul Fajrina Kamaluddin
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