Access to Materials on Malay World Studies from Leiden to Bangi: A Model for Information Repackaging on the Information Superhighway

Ding, Choo Ming, (2004) Access to Materials on Malay World Studies from Leiden to Bangi: A Model for Information Repackaging on the Information Superhighway. Sari (ATMA), 22 . pp. 9-27. ISSN 0127-2721

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Affiliations

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Institute of Malay World and Civilization

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to outline the history of Dutch scholarship on the Malay World and to elaborate on reasons for developing a single-article collection at ATMA. Some 300 years ago, Dutch scholars embarked on creating the discipline of Malay studies, founding research institutes, producing journals and books, and developing library collections. Today, despite the revolution in information technology that has witnessed an explosive interest
in full-text databases, databases on Malay World Studies are extremely rare. In view of this scarcity, we at ATMA have been prompted to develop a singlearticles-
collection aimed primarily at meeting the growing needs of
researchers for a full-text service. This represents a paradigm shift from the conventional blanket collection development practised in libraries throughout the world.

Rencana ini bertujuan untuk menerangkan sepintas lalu sejarah kesarjanaan Belanda di Dunia Melayu untuk selanjutnya menerangkan dengan teliti sebabsebab yang mendorongkan pembangunan koleksi-rencana-individu di ATMA.
Kira-kira 300 tahun yang lalu, sarjana Belanda sudah mengasaskan pengajian Melayu sebagai disiplin kajian dengan mendirikan institut penyelidikan, menerbitkan buku dan jurnal, dan membangunkan koleksi perpustakaan.
Walaupun perkembangan teknologi maklumat kini sudah mencetuskan minat yang kuat dalam pembinaan pangkalan data teks-penuh, tetapi belum lagi ada sebuah pangkalan data khusus untuk Dunia Pengajian Melayu. Memandangkan keadaan itu perlu dibaiki, maka kami di ATMA sudah terpanggil untuk membina pangkalan data rencana-individu dengan matlamat
akhirnya dapat memenuhi keperluan yang meningkat daripada penyelidik terhadap khidmat teks-penuh. Ini diharapkan akan membawa perubahan daripada pembangunan koleksi yang menyeluruh secara yang lama yang diamalkan di perpustakaan di seluruh dunia.

Item Type:

Journal

Additional Information:

This is the original paper presented at ATMA-KITLV Colloquium — Dutch Scholarship and the Malay World: A Critical Assessment, on 20-22 November 2000, at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi.

Keywords:

Dutch, Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, British East India Company East Indies, information retrieval, individual-articles-collections, photocopying, digitization, Internet, Malay world

Subjects:

P Language and Literature

ID Code:

7123