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The Use of Subscribed Online Databases among the Postgraduates at the University of Malaya Library

This paper describes the steps taken by the University of Malaya Library to successfully implement the continual improvement project for the year 2005, entitled “Promoting the Use of Online Databases”. It includes the efforts by the library to increase the usage of online databases among the postgra...

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Main Authors: Sinnasamy, J., Mohamad, P.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2007
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spelling my.um.eprints.17762014-10-31T13:47:54Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/1776/ The Use of Subscribed Online Databases among the Postgraduates at the University of Malaya Library Sinnasamy, J. Mohamad, P. Libraries This paper describes the steps taken by the University of Malaya Library to successfully implement the continual improvement project for the year 2005, entitled “Promoting the Use of Online Databases”. It includes the efforts by the library to increase the usage of online databases among the postgraduates by 20% as compared to the year 2004. It is realized that increasing the basic awareness of these online databases among the library users and highlighting the relevant databases for the respective faculty prove to be vital to bring about an increase in the usage. This paper will be helpful to libraries trying to increase the usage of online databases subscription so as to make the subscription cost effective 2007 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Sinnasamy, J. and Mohamad, P. (2007) The Use of Subscribed Online Databases among the Postgraduates at the University of Malaya Library. In: International Conference on Libraries, Information and Society, ICOLIS 2007, 26-27 June 2007, 26-27 June 2007, Armada Hotel, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.. http://myais.fsktm.um.edu.my/37/
institution Universiti Malaya
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continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Malaya
content_source UM Research Repository
url_provider http://eprints.um.edu.my/
topic Libraries
spellingShingle Libraries
Sinnasamy, J.
Mohamad, P.
The Use of Subscribed Online Databases among the Postgraduates at the University of Malaya Library
description This paper describes the steps taken by the University of Malaya Library to successfully implement the continual improvement project for the year 2005, entitled “Promoting the Use of Online Databases”. It includes the efforts by the library to increase the usage of online databases among the postgraduates by 20% as compared to the year 2004. It is realized that increasing the basic awareness of these online databases among the library users and highlighting the relevant databases for the respective faculty prove to be vital to bring about an increase in the usage. This paper will be helpful to libraries trying to increase the usage of online databases subscription so as to make the subscription cost effective
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Sinnasamy, J.
Mohamad, P.
author_facet Sinnasamy, J.
Mohamad, P.
author_sort Sinnasamy, J.
title The Use of Subscribed Online Databases among the Postgraduates at the University of Malaya Library
title_short The Use of Subscribed Online Databases among the Postgraduates at the University of Malaya Library
title_full The Use of Subscribed Online Databases among the Postgraduates at the University of Malaya Library
title_fullStr The Use of Subscribed Online Databases among the Postgraduates at the University of Malaya Library
title_full_unstemmed The Use of Subscribed Online Databases among the Postgraduates at the University of Malaya Library
title_sort use of subscribed online databases among the postgraduates at the university of malaya library
publishDate 2007
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/1776/
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