UMP Librarians conduct Information Cataloguing Workshop in Pekan

By: ISWAN AKIM ISMAIL, UMP LIBRARY

In its continuous efforts to maintain harmonious interactions between Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) and the community of Pekan, the former’s Library took on the innovative social responsibility role by conducting an “Integrated Cataloguing of Information for Resource Centres” workshop (SKBPSS) on February 13, 2019, involving several secondary schools within the district. 

Held at the university’s Library Auditorium and Computer Laboratory at its Pekan Campus, the workshop saw participation of 78 individuals, comprising Resource Centre supervisors (PPS) and, six Library & Media teachers (GPM) from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Dato’ Mahmud Mat, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tengku Abdullah and Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Ahmad.

According to UMP Senior Deputy Head of Library, Dzull Zabarrod Ahmad, the workshop was conducted to enhance information cataloguing skills among students, especially those of PPS’, at the respective participating schools. 

“The workshop is an opportunity for participants to experience online information cataloguing first-hand, while simultaneously gain the much-needed exposure to the various roles that information play in today’s information technology (IT) era,” he said.

“For an effective and productive experience, the students who attended the workshop were divided into two groups – one group was seated at the Library Auditorium to listen to the theory of information cataloguing, while the other at the Computer Lab for a practical online cataloguing session,” Dzull explained.

He hoped such workshop can be repeatedly conducted at many more schools across Pahang so that the processes of cataloguing and classifying information are standardized for an easier online search.

On hand to train the participants at the SKBPSS were Senior Librarian, Iswan Akim Ismail, and Librarian, Wan Nurul Huda Wan Zakaria, who spoke on topics related to the Fundamentals of Cataloguing and the Introduction to Online Search of Information. 

They also briefed the PPS and GPM on the Online Information Cataloguing System.