Determining the best practice of mitigating the sick building syndrome issues in UiTM libraries in Kelantan / Noor Nazihah Badrul Hisham

• Main Author: Badrul Hisham, Noor Nazihah
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Maintenance and repair; Building inspection; Protection of buildings. Including protection from dampness, fire, burglary
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/70823/1/70823.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/70823/

An academic library is a place where students and professors can spend hours reading and doing research on their favourite subject. Despite this, many researchers have noted that it can cause work-related pain. People might overlook all the symptoms that their body showed and these uncertain aetiologies are never associated with Sick Building Syndrome. Thus, this issue is in dire need for a comprehensive research to be carried out in order to identify the common causes of Sick Building Syndrome problems in the library building as well as the awareness level of the respondents that comes from different categories regarding the Sick Building Syndrome. The primary data will be obtained from the results of two different sets of questionnaires will be distributed among the 200 of respondents in both campuses while the secondary data will be fully utilizing the findings that were obtained from the desktop study and precedent cases. Based on the collected results, the common causes from both campuses are different as respondents from UiTM Machang stated that the causes come from ventilation deficiency issue, airborne dust, relative humidity and lighting. Whilst from the point of view of the librarian and the BPF staff in the UiTM Kota Bharu, they consider the ventilation deficiency issue, airborne dust, and the relative humidity/vapour content. It is discovered that the awareness level among the respondents in both campuses are low. Lastly, UiTM Machang and UiTM Kota Bharu also have different best practice to mitigate the Sick Building Syndrome recurrence. For UiTM Machang, the BPF staff agree to provide a special room for copying and printing activities. For UiTM Kota Bharu, they propose a prompt spring cleaning once in a month.