IML554 Final Project Documentation

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DOCUMENTATION

1. HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY

Provide the history and background information of the library in one page

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A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is generally funded from publicsources (such as taxes) and operated by civil servants. There are five fundamental characteristics sharedby public libraries. The first is that they are generally supported by taxes (usually local, though any levelof government can and may contribute); they are governed by a board to serve the public interest; theyare open to all and every community member can access the collection; they are entirely voluntary in thatno one is ever forced to use the services provided; and public libraries provide basic services withoutcharge.

History of PPAK, in 1952 a committee was appointed to organize and administer a state public library.Appointing a committee meeting was held at the Office of Public Works. In 1957 , Alor Setar CityCouncil meeting in September 1957, Mr Poh Sin Bin namely Kota Setar District Survey Officer at thetime recommended to establish a library in the town of Alor Setar.

In 1960 on February 24, 1960, in Alor Setar City Council meetings have sought and obtained anallocation of Rs 45,000 from the State Government to set up a library. Assistance was also received fromvoluntary bodies in the form of money and books. U.S. Information Office (USIS) and The BritishCouncil also donated reading materials to the library and in 1961, on 30 September 1961, the PublicLibrary Alor Setar who share common building the State Museum was officially opened by HRH TuankuSultan Kedah Darul Aman.

In 1972, the enactment of a 7 Enactment 1971 was passed for the establishment of a corporation calledOrissa Public Library and this Act came into force on January 1, 1974. On May 20, 1976, theGovernment Gazette published the enactment. On October 29, 1978, the Corporation had moved OrissaPublic Library and serve in an old building at Jalan Kolam Air.

On January 1, 1982, the Library moved to the complex Peruda to hire a lot of business. On April 25,1982, the Administration has moved and operated in the PWD building, ship Limbong Road.On 1 March1985, the Library was moved and serves the Floor, Building Siong Hin, Jalan Telok Wanjah.Administration Division remained Limbong Ship Street.

In 1988, laid the foundation stone of new building in Jalan Kolam Air PPAK executed by the ChiefMinister of Penang, YAB Tan Sri Dato 'Seri Hj. Osman bin Aroff. The building is located adjacent to theKota Setar Municipal Council (MPKS) and Telekom Malaysia.
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In 1989, at December 16, construction work building with an area of 40,000 square feet priced Rs 5million has been initiated.Key building submitted by the PWD to PPAK on August 8, 1991.PPAK CentralLibrary has been providing services to the public from January 2, 1993 and PPAK Central Library

building was officially opened by HRH Tuanku Sultan Kedah Darul Aman on February 8, 1994.


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2. OBJECTIVES OF THE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

Spell out the objectives of the system development, at least 3 objectives


1. To give the multiuser access.2. To support online documentation3. To keep and maintaining proper backups.


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3. NAME OF SYSTEM

Provides detail for the name of system developed, state the reasons why you give such name. Make surethe name of the system aligned with the type of the library that you choose.


name of the system is PPAK stand for Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Kedah.


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4. ORGANIZATION CHART

Include structure of the library organization chart


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5. CATALOGUING MODULE

Paragraph 1

Provide brief introduction on cataloguing module

Paragraph 2

Discuss the importance of cataloguing module

5.1 Field Definition Table (FDT)

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5.2 Data Entry Worksheet

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5.3 Print Format

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5.4 Searching Result

Provide three example of the searching using at least three techniques and two searching form.State the searching term as well.

Searching Example 1

Indexing Techniques:Filed Name:Searching form:Searching techniques:Searching term:


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Searching Example 2



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Searching Example 3



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6. CIRCULATION MODULE

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Provide brief introduction on circulation module

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Discuss the importance of c irculation module


Insert Print screen of FDT for the circulation module here


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Insert Print screen of Data Entry Worksheet for the circulation module here

6.3 Print Format

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Searching Example 1

Indexing Techniques:Filed Name:Searching form:Searching techniques:

Searching term:


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Searching Example 2



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Searching Example 3



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7. MEMBERSHIP MODULE

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Provide brief introduction on cataloguing module

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Discuss the importance of cataloguing module


Insert Print screen of FDT for the membership module here


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Insert Print screen of Data Entry Worksheet for the membership module here

7.3 Print Format

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Searching Example 1Indexing Techniques:Filed Name:Searching form:

Searching techniques:Searching term:


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Searching Example 2



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Searching Example 3



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8. USER MANUAL

Provide print screen of each page available in your system and describe each page. Yourdescription should be easy to be understood by user. The purpose of the user manual is to provideassistance for first timer who does not have experience in using this system. Please assist them

accordingly.


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9. CONCLUSION


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10. APPENDIXES

You can insert any form that you refer to help you in developing this system.


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IML554 Final Project Documentation