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ENHANCING ACCESS TO MALAY STUDIES THROUGH ATMA’S MALAY
CIVILIZATION PORTAL
ZAWIYAH BABAPrincipal Research Fellow
Institute of the Malay World & Civilisation (ATMA)Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
International Conference on Convergence of Libraries, Archives & Museums , India International Centre,
New Delhi, February 15 – 17, 2011.
UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA (National University of Malaysia)
• Established 18 May 1970• Malay the National Language as
medium of instruction• One of 4 research universities in
Malaysia• 13 Faculties, 14 Institutes, 13 Centres• Total student population 24,013
(2010)
ATMA – INSTITUTE OF THE MALAY WORLD & CIVILISATION
• Oldest research institute in the National University of Malaysia (UKM)
• Established in 1973 as IBBKM – Institute for Malay Language, Culture and
Literature • Multidisciplinary research & post-
graduate studies
4 RESEARCH THRUST AREAS
• Language, Malay Letters & Linguistics
• Archeology, Culture & Visual Arts• Theory Construction & Malay
Epistemology • Science & Technology in the Malay
World
RESEARCH POSTS
• Principal Research Fellows (Professors)• Senior Research Fellows (Assoc.
Professors)• Research Fellows (Lecturers)• Social Research Officers
• Science Officer• Research Assistants
• Associate Research Fellows
RESEARCH PROJECTS
• 26 on-going research projects• 6 sources of research funding
• Largest is RM1.47m for Roll-out of Malay Civilisation Portal from Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation
(MOSTI), Malaysia
MALAY CIVILISATION PORTAL• Started from in-house bibliographic database
called PADAT• Developed into a portal in 2003 with DAGS Fund from Ministry of Science, Technology &
Innovation •Demonstrator Application Grant Scheme
(DAGS)• First on-line digital database on Malay world
studies• 13 databases accessible on internet
ROLL-OUT MALAYCIVILIZATION PORTAL (DEC 2008 – DEC 2010)
• Accessibility issues in old portal • Funding by MOSTI for Roll-out of portal• Project cost RM1.47m (USD500,000.00)• HCL Technologies as Technology partner•14 month project period (Dec 2009 – February
2011)• Upgrading and improvement of portal
• Development of Content• Community Development
MAJOR ISSUES & CHALLENGES• Modern look & feel with easy navigation• Content & data scattered•Portal content to be searchable from google search window•Text search on images a requirement• Content security•Easy administrative framework•Bi-lingual policy•IPR & copyright issues especially e-commerce
PORTAL TRANSFORMATION
• Unified storage infrastructure, integrated database with better capacity to store different
types of content including images, audio and video
• Reduce IT dependency, empowers non-technical users to publish content without
knowledge of HTML•Single & integrated search window for all
databases – makes portal easier & more user friendly to search
PORTAL TRANSFORMATION
• Thumbnail view of images, text and PDF on result page by implementing Digital Asset
Management (DAM) solution• Automated workflow for content review and
approval process• More interactive portal by implementing
blogs, reviews, chat rooms & discussion format• Self-sustainability by e-commerce support &
payment gateway integration for online purchasing
DATABASES IN MALAY CIVILIZATION PORTAL
• PADAT - PANGKALAN DATA ATMA (ATMA’S ANCHOR DATABASE)
- Bibliographic entries of books & journal articles about Malay studies- More than 50,000 entries- Full text available on request- Malay & English, other
languages
DATABASES … (CONT. )
• KAMUS MELAYU (MALAY DICTIONARY)• ADAT PERPATIH (CUSTOMARY LAW)• SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
- KOLEKSI TENAS EFFENDY- KOLEKSI N.A. HALIM- KOLEKSI YANG QUEE YEE
• KARYI JAWI (WORKS IN JAWI SCRIPT)
DATABASES … (CONT.)• SEJUTA PANTUN (A MILLION PANTUNS)• PANTUN BABA CINA ( PANTUNS OF STRAITS BORN CHINESE)• PERIBAHASA MELAYU (MALAY PROVERBS)• SENI UKIR KAYU MELAYU ( MALAY ART OF TRADITIONAL WOODCARVING) • SARI ONLINE (INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE MALAY WORLD & CIVILISATION)• JURNAL TERJEMAHAN ( Journal of Translation) ( To be added)
EXAMPLE OF TYPES OF SOURCES : LEADERSHIP
•PADAT - Books & journal articles in Malay, Indonesian & English
• Search terms in Malay, & English• 217 specific articles on leadership in the
Malay World in English• 98 specific articles in Malay/Indonesian• International authors/sources in English
PERIBAHASA (PROVERBS) DATABASE
• 77 Proverbs on qualities of leadership• Search by subject
• Actual proverb mostly does not contain the term leadership but describes good or bad leaders &
leadership in Malay society• Malay search term used as proverbs
are in Malay language
SEJUTA PANTUN (A MILLION PANTUNS) DATABASE
• 164 Pantuns on leadership in Malay society found in portal
• Search terms in Malay as database is in the Malay language
• Importance and criteria of good leadership in the Malay world emphasised through folk
literature • Message more easily learnt and remembered
through popular rhyming verses
ADAT PERPATIH (CUSTOMARY LAW IN NEGERI SEMBILAN)
DATABASE• Database rich in customs and traditions
practiced in the State of Negeri Sembilan, only matrilineal society in Malaysia
• Most of the content in video and audio & still images
• 23 articles found in Section on Rencana (Articles) on pemimpin & kepimpinan (leaders
& leadership),
LEADERSHIP IN ADAT PERPATIH
“ Within the Adat Perpatih community, a leader is regarded in an integrative manner as ‘elder’ by members, implies attainment of high status, accomplishment compared to others.”
- Norhalim Ibrahim [1995?]
LEADERSHIP IN ADAT PERPATIH
Leaders are reminded that they are not born, but Grow as they have been planted;
High of standing from being respected;Prosper from being cultivated;
Dignified from acclaim.Leaders did not descend from the sky,
Nor emerge from the earth, As such, leaders must be close to the people they
lead
LEADERSHIP IN ADAT PERPATIH
Closeness of leaders to their people are described as:• Distance but not apart• Nearness without intermediary• Bamboo plants and the river bank (inter-dependency & co-operation) • Like nail and flesh• Like the pupil and cornea (of eyes)
SPECIAL COLLECTION OF TENAS EFFENDY
• 154 Items on leadership found in books and publications by Tenas Effendy
• Items are in the form of articles, books on Malay culture & pantuns by Tenas Effendy• Pantuns provide sound advice as well as
astute and humorous observations on leaders and leadership in Malay society
TENAS EFFENDY SPECIAL COLLECTION
•All items are in the Malay language• Materials in the collection are works by
Tenas Effendy, a prolific thinker & writer and cultural icon
CONCLUSION
• Central repository and single search engine facilitates easier & quicker search
of portal contents• Portal provide a wealth of information on
Malay studies which can be searched by multiple approaches
• Uniqueness of search for pantuns: end-syllables for words that rhyme
