Remodelling the personal traits to become a competent librarian in the digital age / Asmad Rizal Umar...[et al.]

There has been much discussion about the competencies issues nowadays . Research regarding the influence of personal traits towards the achievement of librarian behavior and the examining of the competencies has primarily emphasized the importance of their spiritual quotient, emotional quotient, leadership, and competencies required such as attitudes, knowledge and skill. Those competencies are required in order to become successful librarian either in terms of academic or for the future. Through of all the competencies given , it is really hoped that the librarian has the ability in leading the new generation for one day . It is every employer or manager's contention that for such an organization to be successful, all its employees must exercise personal responsibility and leadership. Therefore, in order to become successful librarian, they need to train themselves from now and have such of required competencies. Since the attended respondents of this research is focused on the member of Faculty of Information Management, the researcher hope that librarian are able to provide the information to the society and be a successful information provider. Their proficiencies need to be accomplished in a successful way . Moreover, every society today needs the right information which has to be delivered on the right time and at the right places

Islamic Perspectives on Recognizing Opportunities: Insights from Malay-Muslim academic librarians

This paper aims to identify the antecedents of entrepreneurial competencies among Malay-Muslim academic librarians in Malaysian public universities. To collect qualitative data, ten academic librarians were interviewed in focus group discussions. The findings revealed that academic librarians' practices are influenced by their personal beliefs and knowledge of Islam, which have become ingrained in their Muslim way of life despite their lack of understanding of entrepreneurial competencies. These factors have a significant impact on librarians' cognitive processes, thus, on their entrepreneurial behavior. The findings suggest that it is pivotal to strengthen the personal beliefs and knowledge of academic librarians to be entrepreneurial

Two hundreds years of neighbourhood expansion in Seremban municipality area, Malaysia

Malaysia has been experiencing rapid neighborhood expansion since the 1970s in the Seremban Municipal area. Due to the rapid urbanization process, more than two thirds of the people now live in urban areas, and the number is expected to increase further in the years towards 2020. A major land area in the urban area is set for housing development; that land was converted from agriculture and forest land. Foreign direct investment, the availability of human capital, the availability of suitable land; and the availability of current technology are the major driving forces for escalating housing construction to meet demand. Nevertheless, the construction of housing estates has resulted in positive and negative impacts especially on the physical environment and social well-being. This article discusses the neighborhood expansion in the Seremban municipal area for the past two hundreds years. The expansion of the housing schemes especially in the 1970s under the New Economic Policy (NEP) was to match the economic vibrancy and increase of the social well-being in the municipality. The key argument here is how livable are the current housing estates in the multi-ethnic society of Malaysia? The Malaysian society comprises the Malays, Chinese, Indians and others, who have their own values and preferences, and above all differing affordabilities that will be the major challenge in Malaysian housing expansion. The article presents some findings on the study of socio-spatial dimension, structures and patterns of housing expansion in Seremban Municipality are

Internationalisation policy for higher education Malaysia 2011

The book is a compilation of input,ideas and practices from 14 public higher education institutions and 9 private higher education institutions that lead to the formulation of Internationalisation Policy for Higher Education Malaysia.The Executive summary features the gist of the policy and the critical aspects to be focused in internationalisation of Malaysian higher education. An explanation on the need for a policy on internationalisation is highlighted in the Introduction section,while the Working Definition section describes the definition used in the formulation of the policy. The six subsequent chapters, namely Student Mobility, Staff Mobility, Academic Programmes¸ Research and Development¸ Governance and Autonomy and Social Integration and Community Engagement illustrate the six important sectors that play pivotal role in internationalisation of Malaysian higher education. The last section i.e. Conclusion features recommendations for both the central agency and higher education institutions in internationalisation of Malaysian higher education