Fear factors in cataloguing Arabic books: USM experience

Library as the heart of the university is developing over the years with various types of collections written and presented in many languages such as English, Malay, and Arabic. Different languages come with different letters, words, pronunciations, and characters, thus creating great challenges to...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Mohd Ikhwan, Tuan Yaakub, Tuan Sira Zawana, Mohd Napiah, Mohd Kamal
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/26106/
http://eprints.usm.my/26106/1/FEAR_FACTORS_IN_CATALOGING_ARABIC_BOOKS.pdf
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Tuan Yaakub, Tuan Sira Zawana
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description Library as the heart of the university is developing over the years with various types of collections written and presented in many languages such as English, Malay, and Arabic. Different languages come with different letters, words, pronunciations, and characters, thus creating great challenges to the librarians. For cataloguers, determining the access point is crucial in order to ease the retrieving process. There are certain issues faced by cataloguers that should be addressed to ensure the uniformity and authoritativeness of records in cataloguing Arabic books.
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spelling usm-261062013-07-13T10:15:59Z http://eprints.usm.my/26106/ Fear factors in cataloguing Arabic books: USM experience Ismail, Mohd Ikhwan Tuan Yaakub, Tuan Sira Zawana Mohd Napiah, Mohd Kamal Z719 Libraries (General) Library as the heart of the university is developing over the years with various types of collections written and presented in many languages such as English, Malay, and Arabic. Different languages come with different letters, words, pronunciations, and characters, thus creating great challenges to the librarians. For cataloguers, determining the access point is crucial in order to ease the retrieving process. There are certain issues faced by cataloguers that should be addressed to ensure the uniformity and authoritativeness of records in cataloguing Arabic books. 2011-11 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/26106/1/FEAR_FACTORS_IN_CATALOGING_ARABIC_BOOKS.pdf Ismail, Mohd Ikhwan and Tuan Yaakub, Tuan Sira Zawana and Mohd Napiah, Mohd Kamal (2011) Fear factors in cataloguing Arabic books: USM experience. In: 6th World Congress of Muslim Librarians and Information Scientists 2011 (Wcomlis 2011), 16-17 November 2011, Universiti Islam Antarabangsa, Gombak.
spellingShingle Z719 Libraries (General)
Ismail, Mohd Ikhwan
Tuan Yaakub, Tuan Sira Zawana
Mohd Napiah, Mohd Kamal
Fear factors in cataloguing Arabic books: USM experience
title Fear factors in cataloguing Arabic books: USM experience
title_full Fear factors in cataloguing Arabic books: USM experience
title_fullStr Fear factors in cataloguing Arabic books: USM experience
title_full_unstemmed Fear factors in cataloguing Arabic books: USM experience
title_short Fear factors in cataloguing Arabic books: USM experience
title_sort fear factors in cataloguing arabic books: usm experience
topic Z719 Libraries (General)
url http://eprints.usm.my/26106/
http://eprints.usm.my/26106/1/FEAR_FACTORS_IN_CATALOGING_ARABIC_BOOKS.pdf