Cyberjaya – As part of CSR (Community Service and Social Responsibility), Siti Hasmah Digital Library in conjunction with Persatuan Pustakawan Malaysia (PPM) and Pusat Kegiatan Guru Tanjung Karang proudly has organized a workshop on “OpenBiblio Library System” in order to promote an automate system in the school library. It is well known that the practice of managing at the school library is still using the traditional way and it seems that it is the time for school library is going digital. By using the automate library systems, teachers can easily organize the library collection and most importantly to have a systematic report at their disposal.
About OpenBiblio:
“OpenBiblio is an easy to use, automated library system written in PHP containing OPAC, circulation, cataloging, and staff administration functionality”.
There are about 21 participants come from various schools participate in this workshop and all of them are very excited to learn about new library system. There were 4 facilitators from Siti Hasmah Digital Library Mr Kamal Sujak (Chief Librarian), Mr Norkamarizal Kamarudin, Mr Shaharom Nizam Mohamed and Ms Noor Azimah Nawawi. The presentation was divided into a several sections by: – Mr Norkamarizal Kamarudin (OpenBiblio Installation, OPAC, Backup and Restore), Mr Shaharom Nizam Mohamed (Admin Module and Report Module) and Ms Noor Azimah Nawawi (Circulation Module and Cataloging Module).
Although it was tiring after a long journey (about 2 hours!) but it was priceless experience, opportunity for us to make new friends and most importantly is to achieve the workshop objectives. We hope that all the teachers can apply the knowledge that has been shared and we look forward to collaborate again in the future.
