Assessing community managed library (CML) in supporting rural community development / Wan Fadzli Wan Haron

Community Managed Library (CML) is a library of new era operated solely by community and used by the community. CML is run by volunteers but at some places paid by the council. CML is funded by the council but still be in the network of public libraries. In theory, CML aims to create a sense of comm...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wan Haron, Wan Fadzli
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	Village libraries Rural libraries
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/81275/1/81275.pdf
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

id	my-uitm-ir.81275
record_format	uketd_dc
spelling	my-uitm-ir.812752023-11-20T08:20:55Z Assessing community managed library (CML) in supporting rural community development / Wan Fadzli Wan Haron 2019 Wan Haron, Wan Fadzli Village libraries. Rural libraries Community Managed Library (CML) is a library of new era operated solely by community and used by the community. CML is run by volunteers but at some places paid by the council. CML is funded by the council but still be in the network of public libraries. In theory, CML aims to create a sense of community hub and to provide free access to materials and services that improve minds, enrich lives, and fulfil cultural, civic, educational, and recreational needs of its community members. Currently in Malaysia, CML does exist. However, these CML are under used, short in supply and very unpopular. In fact, CML in Malaysia is being side line in terms of its impact and benefits to the local community development. This research has been carried out based on the case study method using the mix-method approach with quantitative and qualitative approach. The research aims to examine community member's awareness of CML development concepts, to investigate the extent of how far a CML supports local rural community development, to determine suitable CML activities and programs to support community development efforts and to propose a new framework of a Malaysian CML. The research found that the community member's awareness of CML development concept is at a low level. The programs and activities such as cooking courses, information and communication technology (ICT), entrepreneurship, leadership courses, sewing courses and personality enhancement courses was identified to enhance rural community development. A framework for Malaysian CML was developed and recommended. The framework also been tested during intervention. 2019 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/81275/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/81275/1/81275.pdf text en public phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Information Management Abu, Roziya
institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection	UiTM Institutional Repository
language	English
advisor	Abu, Roziya
topic	Village libraries Rural libraries
spellingShingle	Village libraries Rural libraries Wan Haron, Wan Fadzli Assessing community managed library (CML) in supporting rural community development / Wan Fadzli Wan Haron
description	Community Managed Library (CML) is a library of new era operated solely by community and used by the community. CML is run by volunteers but at some places paid by the council. CML is funded by the council but still be in the network of public libraries. In theory, CML aims to create a sense of community hub and to provide free access to materials and services that improve minds, enrich lives, and fulfil cultural, civic, educational, and recreational needs of its community members. Currently in Malaysia, CML does exist. However, these CML are under used, short in supply and very unpopular. In fact, CML in Malaysia is being side line in terms of its impact and benefits to the local community development. This research has been carried out based on the case study method using the mix-method approach with quantitative and qualitative approach. The research aims to examine community member's awareness of CML development concepts, to investigate the extent of how far a CML supports local rural community development, to determine suitable CML activities and programs to support community development efforts and to propose a new framework of a Malaysian CML. The research found that the community member's awareness of CML development concept is at a low level. The programs and activities such as cooking courses, information and communication technology (ICT), entrepreneurship, leadership courses, sewing courses and personality enhancement courses was identified to enhance rural community development. A framework for Malaysian CML was developed and recommended. The framework also been tested during intervention.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Wan Haron, Wan Fadzli
author_facet	Wan Haron, Wan Fadzli
author_sort	Wan Haron, Wan Fadzli
title	Assessing community managed library (CML) in supporting rural community development / Wan Fadzli Wan Haron
title_short	Assessing community managed library (CML) in supporting rural community development / Wan Fadzli Wan Haron
title_full	Assessing community managed library (CML) in supporting rural community development / Wan Fadzli Wan Haron
title_fullStr	Assessing community managed library (CML) in supporting rural community development / Wan Fadzli Wan Haron
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing community managed library (CML) in supporting rural community development / Wan Fadzli Wan Haron
title_sort	assessing community managed library (cml) in supporting rural community development / wan fadzli wan haron
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
granting_department	Faculty of Information Management
publishDate	2019
url	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/81275/1/81275.pdf
_version_	1783736321680867328

Assessing community managed library (CML) in supporting rural community development / Wan Fadzli Wan Haron

Similar Items