A Bibliography of Bibliographies Malaysia - Supplement 1 - article ; n°1 ; vol.27, pg 175-189

Ding Chooming

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Archipel - Année 1984 - Volume 27 - Numéro 1 - Pages 175-189
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.

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Ding Choo Ming
A Bibliography of Bibliographies Malaysia - Supplement 1
In: Archipel. Volume 27, 1984. pp. 175-189.
Citer ce document / Cite this document :
Choo Ming Ding. A Bibliography of Bibliographies Malaysia - Supplement 1. In: Archipel. Volume 27, 1984. pp. 175-189.
doi : 10.3406/arch.1984.1887
http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/arch_0044-8613_1984_num_27_1_1887COMPTES RENDUS BIBLIOGRAPHIE,
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES
ON MALAYSIA - SUPPLEMENT I
by DING Choo Ming
1981 Since 0), I have the publication gathered the of following my A Bibliography additional of bibliographical Bibliographies works on Malaysia during the in May past
one year. They are not necessarily the latest publications. Some of them were published
long before May 1981, but escaped my search which was concentrated on univeristy
libraries and the National Library of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. Regardless of their
dates of publication, they are surely essential documentation works in helping libra
rians and scholars in knowing the existence of Malaysiana materials in their respective
fields.
Knowing the existence of these materials but unable to have access to them when
required could generate frustration. Hence, many libraries have strarted the search for
universal availability of these materials. Progress in this mammoth and long term
search may be slow because it involves firstly the documentation of these materials,
secondly locating them and finally acquiring them. Most of these materials, especially
the retrospective ones, are no longer available from book stores; and may be available
only through interlibrary lending. But, interlibrary lending, both nationally and inter
nationally, of these materials is now a hit-or-miss game bacause of the lack of an
national union catalogue/data base.
An union catalogue which began historically as a means of locating library resour
ces in a number of libraries for interlibrary lending is very labour intensive as it involves
the receiving, sorting, editing and filing of cards/bibliographic records contributed by
participating libraries. If it is maintained manually, it is extremely difficult, if not
impossible, to keep the records up-to-date at all time. As the number of libraries parti
cipating in the project increases, the volume of bibliographic records will inevitably
grow. As a result, duplication will become overwhelming and consequently accuracy
and filing will decline. This is the rock on which many union catalogues flounder.
Thus, since the 1960s, libraries have made increasing use of computers and other tech
nological and telecommunication innovations which have the capability for not only
controlling large data files, but also have limitless potential for a wide range of other
activities for help. That has proved very successful. 176
There will be no union catalogue without library cooperation which emphasises
the idea that libraries should work together so that more things can be done more effec
tively and economically than they can do by themselves. But library co-operation will
not work well and for long unless all the parties involved feel that it is more rewarding
for them to do so and all of them should have equal share of the responsability (e.g.
division of labour). In maintaining the union catalogue, an example of library co
operation, each contributing library should be responsible for the record contents and
its accuracy. If the union catalogue is done centrally in one of the libraries as in the case
of the Perpunet Project and the MALMARC Project in the Library of Universiti Sains
Malaysia, centralised editing and maintenance can be very difficult without the docu
ments in hand for verification. Following the availability of cataloguing data in
machine-readible form from LC Marc and British Marc, and the development of
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 1 & 2 (AACR 1 & 2), International Standard for
Bibliographic Description (ISBD) and many other standards and rules, all the libraries
should conform to these internationally standards and rules to ensure consistency and
quality control. The practice of devising local modifications e.g. introducing geograp
hical, historical and subject expansions to the existing international cataloguing sche
dules as done in the past in some libraries without consulting other libraries should be
discontinued. Otherwise a user going through the union catalogue will not be able to
find anything simply because the documents are catalogued according to different sets
of standards. It is just impossible for the users to interpret and to establish links bet
ween different cataloguing standards.
An union catalogue also facilitates co-operative collection development, hence
reducing duplication in acquisitions. It is this co-operative collection development,
among other things, which, I hope, will make these bibliographical works useful.
The style and the format used in this compilation is the same as that employed in
my book. Bibliographies containing very little information on Malaysia, even though
they list materials solely in Bahasa Malaysia and are published in e.g. Buku
Matematik Dalam Bahasa Malaysia : satu senarafd are excluded. Finally, I would like
to extend my appreciation to Prof. John M. Echols from USA and Prof. Denys Lomb
ard from France for their immense interest in my work and the assistance they have
rendered me.
1. A.M. Thani
«Bibliografi esei sastera Melayu 1950-1957.» [Bibliographical essay on Malay literature
1950-1957] pp. 193-212. /ATEsei sastera ASAS 50, diselenggarakan oleh A.M. Thani.
Kuala Lumpur : Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 1981. 212 pp.
This work cites 423 unnotated entries of Malay journal articles on Malay literature,
appearing between 1950 and 1957, arranged alphabetically by author or title. No index.
2. A.M. Thani am/Fadzil Agussalim
«A guide to Malay literature (1977-1980)». Tenggara 13 (1981) : pp. 45-58.
This bibliography of Malay literary works, published between January 1977 and
December 1980, is actually a continuation of the list of works (1970-1976) compiled by
Baharuddin Zainal and published in Tenggara 8 (1976), pp. 70-79. There were, howev
er, few titles that were left out from the previous list. These books especially published
in 1976 might have been overlooked or perhaps were published after the list was compil
ed.
In this unannoted list are cited 45 books on poetry, 55 anthologies of short story, 162 177
novels, 10 books on drama and 33 books on critical writings. These materials are aran-
ged alphabetically by author or title under the respective genre. No index is provided.
3. AIZAN Mohd Ali.
Indeks majalah Dewan Bahasa 1967-76. [Index to Dewan Bahasa 1967-76]. Kuala
Lumpur : Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 1981. 83 pp.
This cumulative index of Dewan Bahasa covers some 8,000 articles of literary works
and criticism and also lists of terminology published from 1967 to 1976. It is arranged
in two sections, namely author and subject.
[Note : The first 10 years cumulative index to Dewan Bahasa was compiled by Teh
Zaharah bt Jahidin, entitled Faharasat majalah 10 tahun (September
1957-Disember 1966). Kuala Lumpur : Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 1968. 163 pp (Siri
pengetahuan sekolah Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, n° 94)].
4. ARIFAH Sham Hussein and Musalmah A. Muiz.
Malaysian foreign economic relations : a bibliography. Kuala Lumpur : Wisma
Putra Library, 1981. [type script] 19 pp.
Some 100 annotated entries of journal articles appearing between 1970 and August
1981 are grouped under three subject headings : 1. Multilateral Relations; 2. Bilateral
Relations; and 3. Relations with Associations and Institutions, ie ASEAN, Islamic
Development Bank and etc. There is no index.
5. BIBLIOGRAFI negeri Kedah. [A bibliography on Kedah] Appended to the Kon-
vensyen Sejarah Negeri Kedah, anjuran Kerajaan Negeri Kedah Darulaman, 28
November-1 Disember 1981, held in Wisma Negeri, Alor Star, Kedah. 23 leaves.
This checklist cites some 260 unannotated journal articles, books, published and unpub
lished academic exercises and theses on Kedah. The materials are arranged alphabetic
ally by author. No index.
6. BIBLIOGRAPHY of Malaysian soils. Edited by Alias Husin and Daud Cinta.
Serdang : Malaysian Society of Soil Science & Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, 1981? 63
pp.
970 sequentially numbered but unannotated entries on Malaysian soils are listed under
the following subject divisions : 1. Soil Chemistry; 2. Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition;
3. Soil Genesis, Mineralogy, Morphology and Classification; 4. Soil Microbiology; 5.
Soil Physics, Conservation and Utilisation; 6. Fertilizer Technology and Use; and 7.
Miscellaneous. They are arranged alphabetically by author under the respective subject
headings. Author index is provided.
7. FAN kok Sim.
Women in Southeast Asia : a bibliography. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1982. 415 pp.
This bibliography cites 3,865 unannotated entries of published and unpublished mater
ials (ie periodical articles, pamphlets, reports, mimeographed papers, theses and aca
demic exercises, chapters from books and conference papers) in English,
Malay/Indonesian, Dutch and French languages. All these sequentially numbered
materials are grouped under vari