The Need for Islamic Information Management in the Information Institutions In Malaysia: An Analysis of Problems Mohd Nazir Ahmad Senior Lecturer Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
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[email protected] Theme: Current trends on the libraries of the Islamic world Abstracts The purpose of this paper is to give focus on the evolution of Islamic libraries into a specialization which has not received much attention in the literature. This paper provides a brief overview on Islamic libraries, its historical background, development and prospects. A literature survey is used to describe characteristics of Islamic libraries and identifying topics for gauging awareness on Islamic libraries requirements and strategy for its development. Selected topics and issues include perspective on the services and collections, organization and access, professionalization of Islamic 2 World Congress of Muslim Librarian & Information Scientists 25th -27th November 2008 Putra World Trade Center ______________________ librarianship, and impact of technology on Islamic libraries.