Building a virtual union catalogue for Arabic journal articles in Malaysian libraries using open source solutions

Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain and Mansor, Yushiana and Awang Abu Bakar, Normi Sham and Md Ghalib, Mohd. Feham and Al Haek, Mohammed (2014) Building a virtual union catalogue for Arabic journal articles in Malaysian libraries using open source solutions. In: 2nd International Conference on Islamic Applications on Computer Science and Technology (IMAN 2014), 12th-13th October 2014, Amman, Jordan. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

A considerable number of Malaysian libraries are housing Arabic collections to support the needs of their users. Currently, there is no bibliographical database of scholarly articles published in Arabic periodicals available in Malaysian libraries. To know what is published in Arabic periodicals a researcher has to check these voluminous journals manually from one library to another. This has created great difficulties for researchers and consequently impaired the quality of their publications in Arabic The aim of this paper is to discuss the ongoing research project at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) to create a virtual union catalogue for collections of Arabic journal articles. The project, tagged “My Index Arabicus” (Malaysian Index Arabicus), was designed to develop a single search platform to retrieve the bibliographic records of Arabic articles indexed from selected Arabic journals available in five Malaysian university libraries. Using DSpace open source digital library software with the Dublin Core metadata standard, the collected materials are synchronized into a single database searchable by different access points, and accessible online to all users of Malaysian academic libraries. A total of 1,000 records are currently hosted in the system. It is estimated that the system will host more than 10,000 records by the end of the project. Experience from the project has shed light on technical knowledge and skills in computing, cataloguing of Arabic articles, and institutional infrastructure.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Additional Information:	4608/41356
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Indexing Arabic journals, Malaysian libraries, Arabic scholarly journals, Open Source
Subjects:	Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources > ZA4050 Electronic information resources Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources > ZA4450 Databases
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of General Studies Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Library & Information Science Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Library & Information Science Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Arabic Language and Literature
Depositing User:	Dr. Abdul Kabir Hussain Solihu
Date Deposited:	13 Feb 2015 15:53
Last Modified:	13 Feb 2015 15:53
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/41356

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