OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council Conference 2012, National Library of Malaysia, 3-4 September 2012.

1. Mazmin Mat Akhir
Universiti Malaysia Perlis
mazmin@unimap.edu.my

3. Distributed campus across
the state of Perlis
More than 28 locations
across Perlis
The library operates in two
locations; Kangar and
Pauh

6. Engineering, science &
technology
Business and management

7. 2003 2007 2008 2009 2011
Research Remote access Bibliographic
Discovery tools Discovery tools
databases software software
Citation Teaching-
Discovery tools
Database learning tools
Collections Institutional
analysis tools Repository
Federated
Search engine

8. This book was published by UniMAP
Press in year 2010
It analyses the importance of
electronic resources to UniMAP
community
Distributed Campus Systems is the
main factor which contributes to
development and progress of
electronic resources in UniMAP
80% of our academic staff are below
age 35

9. Standards
Percentage (%)
6% Theses
Reference
3%
14%
Discovery Electronic
journals
tools
42%
3%
Electronic
books
26%
Citations
6%
As of January 2012

10. Percentage (%)
72 72
66 67
60
47
35
25 25
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

11. Number of Downloads (2004-2011)
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Number of Downloads

12.  Number of
downloads, number of
searches, number of sessions
(COUNTER)
 Determine relevant and
highly used databases
 Some relevant, unique
databases are not optimized
by users
 Academic staff plays
important role in promoting
online databases (teaching-
learning)

13. NUMBER OF DOWNLOADS
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
700,000
800,000
Emerald Management Plus
EBSCOHost
SpringerLink
ACM Digital Library
ASME
ASTM Digital Library
CLJ Law
IEEE Xplore
IOP Science
Micro/Nanolitography MEMS and…
JSTOR
SAE International Journal of Engines
SOURCES
SAE International Journal of Fuels and…
Science Direct
Sensor Letters
SIAM Locus
Wiley Online Library
Bernama Library Infolink Service
Malaysian Standard Online
Proquest Dissertation Online
Journal Citation Reports
Scopus

15. Finding the right information at the right time
Finding scholarly information from peer review, high quality
sources of information
Finding relevant information across local, regional and
international sources
User-friendly platform
Reduce requirements for technical know-how
Reduce barrier towards publishers’ policies, subject
specialization, types of contents, etc.

16. “I use this database all the time...”
“I used to get relevant articles from this database. However, it
does not cover topics on technological innovations”
“Does this database contains journal articles published by A?”
“I dont have enough articles on this topic. Usual databases did
not managed to offer good articles”
“Which databases should I use to find information on
nanotechnology?”
“I search Google all the time”
“I only need the library to subscribe to this database. Does’nt
matter how much it is”

18. All database Selected databases
Database in my profile Help!
Suggested resources

20.  Federated search engine
 User friendly search platform
 Variety of themes available for users to choose
 Easy to use and attractive
 Offers screen and interface customization
 Easy to manage, administratively
 Excellent support systems
 Communicating with individual publishers in terms of technical
issues is time consuming

21.  The chosen “integrated search” offers enhanced features
in every manners
 Critical Success Factor (CSF) :
 Searching speed
 Competitive pricing
 Relevance / ranking
 Subject facets
 Visibility of integrated search box

22. Moment of truth Single search?
Really?
Resource sharing SEARCH UNIMAP LIBRARY It’s visible on
your univerity ‘s
portal & library
All databases Selected databases websites
Resourceful
Databases in my profile Help!
Suggested resources
Discover more!
Showcasing your
resources Pre-indexed
data Conducive search
platforms
Not just another
subscribed Exploratory
Competitive resources
technology