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Education and Career
EDUCATIONAL / PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
1987 Master of Science (Social Science - Information Studies), University of Sheffield, Sheffield
1973 ALAA (Associateship of the Library Association of Australia)
1971 Postgraduate Diploma in Librarianship, University of New South Wales, Sydney
1969 Bachelor of Arts (Hons), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1965 GCE “A” Level, Penang Free School, Penang, Malaysia
1963 GCE “O” Level, St. George’s Girls’ School, Penang, Malaysia
WORKING EXPERIENCE
1988 to present: Head, ISEAS Library
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) Singapore
1980-86 : Head, Technical Services
Joint United Nations (UN)/International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Vienna International Centre Library Vienna, Austria
1977-80 : Director, and Chief Librarian
USIS (United States Information Service) Lincoln Cultural Center Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1972-77 : Head, Cataloguing and Classification Division National Library of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1969-70 : Journalist The Straits Times Press Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Honors
2004 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 15-Year Long Service Award
2001 CONSAL (Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians) Outstanding Librarian Award, Singapore National Nominee
1999 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Ten-Year Service Award
1979 UNESCO award to attend the Library Association of Australia Biennial Conference, Canberra
1978 British Council award for a two-week study tour of library systems in the UK, and to attend the two-day Society of Indexers First International Conference, London
US Communication Agency [USICA] award for a two-month study tour of library systems in the US, and to attend a one-month course on US government documents, Washington DC
1975 UNESCO award for a one-month course on Modern Techniques in Documentation and Information Handling, Bangkok
1970 Colombo Plan Fellowship for a postgraduate Diploma in Librarianship at the University of New South Wales, Sydney
1967 Tunku Abdul Rahman Foundation Scholarship for a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
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Publications
PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS
Authored:
2005 Digitization in South East Asian Studies: An Overview and Some Reflections at the Knowledge 2005 Conference “Making Libraries Relevant”, 6-8 July 2005, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
2003 Effective Resource Collaboration: Myths and Realities at the Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL) XII Conference. Information Resources Empowerment: Enhancing Knowledge Heritage, 20-23 October 2003, International Convention Center (ICC), Brunei Darussalam.
2003 Tan Cheng Lock and Fundamental Rights of Ethnic Chinese in Malaya (1912-1957): Summary of a Preliminary Study at the Second International Conference of Institutes & Libraries for Chinese Overseas Studies. Transnational Networks: Challenges in Research and Documentation of the Chinese Overseas, University Library, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 13-15 March 2003.
2002 Digitization of the Masterlist of Southeast Asian Microforms (MSEAM), published in the Chiang Mai University Library journal, v. 9, 2002 Digital Resources, pp. 72-82.
2002 Digitization of the Masterlist of Southeast Asian Microforms (MSEAM) at the Online Information and Education Conference 2002, Rajabhat Institute Suan Dusit, Bangkok, Thailand, 1-4 July 2002.
2002 Southeast Asian Studies and the Challenges of Digitization at the LAS Seminar 2002. Toward Digital Libraries: Current Practices and Projects in Singapore Libraries, 25 January 2002.
2001 The ISEAS Library, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. In The role of libraries for area studies in the 21st century: collection development in Asian area, in Ajiken World Trends, forthcoming issue.
2001 Government Information and Information About Governments in Southeast Asia: a New Era? An Overview. Revised and updated. In INSPEL (International Journal of Special Libraries), v. 35, n. 2 (2001), pp. 120-136.
2001 Asian Content Development: Unity in Diversity (Alternative View) in the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Library and Archival Service (e-TLAS), 23-24 April 2001, Singapore.
2000 Regional Resource Centre for Information and Documentation on Southeast Asian Chinese Studies: A Virtual Reality in Singapore? A Keynote address at the International Conference of Institutes and Libraries for Overseas Chinese Studies, Athens, Ohio, USA, 24-25 March 2000.
2000 The Potential for Regional Cooperative Preservation Management in the International Meeting on Microform Preservation and Conservation Practices in Southeast Asia: Assessing Current Needs and Evaluating Past Projects, 21-24 February 2000, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
1999 Government Information and Information about Governments in Southeast Asia: a new Era? An Overview at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) 65th General Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 20-28 August 1999, revised updated version published in INSPEL (International Journal of Special Libraries), v. 35, n. 2 (2001), pp. 120-136.
1997 Asian Government Responses to Information Technology (IT) Challenges and Implications for Libraries: the Case of Malaysia [Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC)] and Singapore (Singapore ONE). Keynote address at the 7th Asian Pacific Specials, Health and Law Librarians’ Conference and Exhibition, 12-16 October 1997, Perth.
1996 Regional Resource Centre for Information and Documentation on Southeast Asian Chinese Studies: a Concept Paper in the 62nd International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) General Conference, Beijing, 25-31 August 1996.
1996 SEANet (Southeast Asian Library Network of Indigenous Databases) in the CONSAL X (Tenth Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians) 21-25 May 1996.
1995 The Tun Dato’ Sir Tan Cheng Lock Collection in the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore in the International Seminar on Special Collections of Southeast Asian Studies, Bangi, Malaysia, 19-21 June 1995.
1995 Towards Effective User Needs Assessment in the Joint Biennial Congress of the PPM, Penang, 19-21 September 1994. Published in the LAS Singapore libraries, 24 (1995) p. 58-72.
1991 Networking in the Asian Pacific Region -- a Holistic Overview of Impacts and Implications. Keynote address in the 4th Asian-Pacific Special and Law Librarians Conference with 9th Biennial Health Librarians Conference on Achieving Excellence, Canberra, Australia, 1-5 September 1991.
1991 Discussion paper on Edward Lim’s paper on Asia-Pacific Library Developments in the Pan-Pacific Library Symposium on Information Transfer and Networks, Honolulu, Hawaii, 13-16 January 1991.
1989 The Implications of New IT Applications for Southeast Asian Studies in the 2nd Pacific Conference on the New Information Technology, Singapore, 29-31 May 1989.
1989 The Concept of a Regional Information Centre in the Asian Studies Association of Australia/National University of Singapore/Institute of Southeast Asia Studies Conference, Singapore, 1-3 February 1989.
1983 Computerization at the Vienna International Centre Library: a Description and Appraisal of CDS/ISIS in The Library in the information revolution: proceedings of the Sixth Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians, Singapore, 30 May - 3 June, 1983. Singapore: Maruzen Asia for CONSAL VI.
1981 Special Libraries in Southeast Asia: Independence or Interdependence? in Access to information: proceedings of the Fifth Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians, Kuala Lumpur, 25-30 May, 1981. Kuala Lumpur: CONSAL V.
1981 The National Library of Malaysia in Handbook of contemporary developments in librarianship, edited by Miles M. Jackson. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.
1980 Professionalism and the Librarian in The Presidential lectures [to commemorate the LAM’s 25th Anniversary, March, 1980]. Edited by Edward Lim Hack Tee. Kuala Lumpur: LAM.
1980 Cataloguing and Classification Practices in Malaysian Libraries - paper presented at the IFLA Classification Group session at the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations) International Conference, Manila, August.
1980 Information Applications of Media Resources in Libraries in Journal of the Library Association of Malaysia, vol. 6, 1980. Paper presented at the LAM/LAS Seminar on Media Resources and the Librarian, Kuala Lumpur, March.
Co-authored:
1996 [With Lai Siew Yoong] Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Philippines and Vietnam. In Information sources in official publications edited by Valerie J. Nurcombe. London: Bowker-Saur.
1978 [With Rosna Taib] NATIS in Malaysia: Country Paper - presented at CONSAL IV, Bangkok.
1975 [With Linda Yip] Children’s Literature in the Malaysian Context - paper presented at the British Council/UNESCO/Malaysian Ministry of Education Seminar on Writing, Publishing, and Evaluation of Textbooks, Kuala Lumpur.
Compiled and Edited:
2004 Regionalism & Southeast Asia: The Works of Michael Leifer – a bibliography.
2003 The Bibliography of Southeast Asia: a Decade of Selected Social Science Publications in the English Language, 1990-2000. Oxford, The Scarecrow Area Bibliographies Series #21, June 2003, pp 664.
Edited:
1995 The Information Challenge; a Festschrift in Honour of Dr Donald Wijasuriya. Kuala Lumpur, Knowledge Publishers.
Co-edited / Co-compiled:
2003 [With Zaleha Tamby and Gandhimathy D.] The ASEAN Bibliography, 1986-2002 [forthcoming]
2003 [With Susan Low] Southeast Asian Statistical Publications [forthcoming]
2003 [With Susan Low] Southeast Asian Census Publications [forthcoming]
1993 [With Lai Siew Yoong and Zaleha Tamby] The Future of Southeast Asia; a Special Select Bibliography in Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, ISEAS Library
1984 [With Rosna Taib] Communication Skills and Techniques for Information Managers and Librarians. Kuala Lumpur: LAM
1978 [With Ahmad Bakeri Abu Bakar] Directory of Libraries in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: National Library of Malaysia.
1977 [With D E K Wijasuriya, S M Khoo and Shahaneem Mustapha] The Need to Know: Developing Public Library Services for the Community; Proceedings of a LAM/LAS conference.... Kuala Lumpur: LAM.
Indexed:
1978 Asian Transformation. Gilbert Khoo and Dorothy Lo. Kuala Lumpur: Heinemann.
1977 The Politics of Federalism. Bruce Ross-Larson. Singapore.
1977 Science for the 70s for Malaysian Schools. Chang Kwai et al. Kuala Lumpur: Heinemann.
1976 The Origins of a Colonial Economy. Lim Teck Ghee. Penang: Universiti Sains Malaysia Press.
1975 The Changing Pattern of Teacher Education in Malaysia. Francis Wong Hoy Kee and Paul Chang Min Phang. Kuala Lumpur: Heinemann.
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