%A (IFLA Asia Oceania) Dr. Edzan Che Nasir
%T LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA
%X Lim (1970) - traced the development of library education in Malaya to as
early as 1955.
▪ 1955 - Malayan Library Group (MLG) formed = present day Persatuan
Pustakawan Malaysia (PPM).
▪ No formal library education programmes then.
▪ PPM held part time classes for candidates to prepare for the UK Library
Association examinations.
▪ 1965 - PPM sent a memorandum to the University of Malaya (UM) asking
for the creation of a library school at the university.
▪ 1967 - Higher Education Planning Committee (HEPC) Report revitalized
the establishment of the school.
▪ 1968 - As a result of HEPC Report, the Institut teknlogi MARA (ITM)
introduced a professional course in librarianship leading to the British
Associate of the Library Association examination and accreditation = ALA,
UK
%D 2021
%K Library And Information Science ,  COVID-19 and Malaysian librarians, Librarians in Malaysian libraries
%I University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
%L digilib47726