Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Guide To Standards.

Standards


Standards are officially approved specifications that cover such topics as methods of testing, terminology, performance, and construction requirements. According to BSI, standards is a published document that contains a technical specification or other precise criteria designed to be used consistently as a rule, guideline, or definition. Standards help to make life simpler and to increase the reliability and the effectiveness of many goods and services we use. Standards are created by bringing together the experience and expertise of all interested parties such as the producers, sellers, buyers, users and regulators of a particular material, product, process or service.

Online Standards

The Library subscribes to three online standards collections covering ASTM Standards Online, IEEE Explore and MS Online Systems.



ASTM Standards Online

ASTM Standards Online provides access to standards collections developed by the American standards for Testing and Materials. Users are antitled to access almost 11, 800 current ASTM standards via the IHS Spec and Standards Service.


IEEE EXPLORE

The Library currently subscribes to IEEE Standards package, containing more than 2, 800 active, revised and draft standards.


MS ONLINE SYSTEMS

MS Online Systems from SIRIM Malaysia Bhd, Provides complete online access to Malaysian Standards.



How to Access Online Standards

Online standards are accessible via the library homepage at: http:/mylib.unimap.edu.my

Access to IEEE Xplore and MS Online is accessible remotely via EZProxy server. However, ASTM Standards Online is only available on campus network and users need to require username and password from the Reference Desk via phone at 604-9798601 or e-mail to rujukan@unimap.edu.my. Users can freely search and retrieve descriptive standards information on MS Online paltform. Request to dowload full text standards (in PDF format) must be forwarded to the Reference Desk in order to avoid unnecessary downloads.

Printed Standards

The Library also purchased printed standards from various organizations and standards institutions worldwide.

} Fine ceramics (advanced ceramics, advanced technical ceramics) - determination of density and apparent porosity

ISO 18754:2003 (E)

} Information and documentation : international library statistics = infirmation et documentation : statistiques internationales de bibliotheques

TS156.147 2006 f

} ASTM standards for building lime and lime-based construction applications.


} ASTM standards and technical articles relating to structural glazing / ASTM International.

TH8251 A78 2007

Free Online Standards Databases

Royifazulmaldy Bin Zakaria (Roy)

Unit Perkhidmatan Akses (UPA)

Monday, May 10, 2010

Selamat Bercuti..

Warga Perpustakaan Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
Mengucapkan Selamat Bercuti Kepada Semua Pelajar-Pelajar
Universiti Malaysia Perlis.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

New Arrival (May) 2010

• Steel structures : design and behavior : emphasizing load and resistance factor design / Charles G. Salmon, John E. Johnson, Faris A. Malhas.
• Biofuels / edited by Wim Soetaert, Erick J. Vandamme.
• Musculoskeletal MRI / Clyde A. Helms ... [et al.].
• Operative techniques : total knee replacement / [edited by] Arlen D. Hanssen, W. Norman Scott.
• Emerging technology platforms for stem cells / edited by Uma Lakshmipathy, Jonathan D. Chesnut, Bhaskar Thyagarajan.
• Atomic charges, bond properties, and molecular energies / Sandor Fliszar.
• Molecular chemistry of sol-gel derived nanomaterials / Robert Corriu, Nguyen Trong Anh.
• Introduction to geographic information systems / Kang-Tsung Chang.
• Water supply and pollution control / Warren Viessman, Mark J. Hammer.
• Microeconomics / Michael Parkin.
• Industrial enzymology / by Dr. Arvind N. Shukla.
• Enzymes finger printing / by Dr. Arvind N. Shukla.
• Plastic analysis and design of steel structures / by M. Bill Wong.
• Forensic engineering : from failure to understanding / edited by Brian S. Neale.
• Cost recovery : turning your accounts payable department into a profit center / Richard B. Lanza.
• Principles of accounting / Kerryn Chalmers ... [et al.].
• High-resolution NMR techniques in organic chemistry / Timothy D.W. Claridge.
• Biotechnology : applying the genetic revolution / David P. Clark, Nanette J. Pazdernik.
• Fraud 101 : techniques and strategies for understanding fraud / Stephen Pedneault.
• Views on fuzzy sets and systems from different perspectives : philosophy and logic, criticisms and applications / by edited by Rudolf Seising.
• Chemical and energy process engineering / \Sigurd Skogestad.
• Handbook of nucleic acid purification / edited by Dongyou Liu
• PHP 6 / MYSQL programming for the absolute beginner / Andy Harris.
• Introduction to operating systems / Bong Chin Wei, Ida M. Flynn, Ann McIver McHoes.
• Food industry quality control systems / Mark Clute.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Internet, televisyen 'musuh' buku - Ungku Aziz

KUALA LUMPUR 3 Mei - Profesor Diraja Ungku Abdul Aziz menganggap Internet dan televisyen merupakan 'musuh' kepada buku kerana menghakis budaya membaca di kalangan masyarakat seperti yang berlaku di Malaysia ketika ini.

Menurut tokoh akademik itu, penggunaan yang meluas kedua-dua medium itu kini membentuk masyarakat yang bergantung sepenuhnya kepada Internet dan televisyen untuk mendapatkan maklumat sekali gus meminggirkan kandungan sesebuah buku.

"Ia menjadi semakin parah apabila sesuatu pengetahuan itu tiada di Internet, maka ia akan diabaikan begitu sahaja dan sangat merugikan masyarakat," katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian semasa sesi menandatangani autograf buku mengenainya bertajuk The Renaissance Man di kedai buku Kinokuniya (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. di Suria KLCC hari ini.

Buku tersebut berkisar tentang pengalaman beliau sepanjang perkhidmatannya di Universiti Malaya (UM).

Kandungan buku itu disumbangkan oleh beberapa penulis antaranya bekas Naib Canselor UM, Datuk Dr. Hashim Yaacob; Prof. Emeritus Datuk Abu Bakar Abd. Hamid; Prof. Emeritus Dr. K. T. Joseph; Prof. Dr. Azizah Hamzah selain Ungku Abdul Aziz sendiri.

Mengulas lanjut, kata Ungku Abdul Aziz, budaya membaca buku di Malaysia agak rendah berbanding negara-negara luar khususnya penduduk di Eropah yang menjadikannya satu amalan.

"Mereka (penduduk Eropah) membaca buku di mana-mana sahaja walaupun masa terluang hanya 15 minit sedangkan negara mereka mempunyai kemudahan Internet yang baik ," katanya.

Tambahnya, masalah kurang membaca buku bukan sahaja berlaku kepada golongan remaja, malah kepada golongan korporat dan golongan berpendidikan tinggi yang suka menghabiskan masa lapang dengan bermain golf atau melayari Internet tanpa henti.

Beliau menolak dakwaan bahawa harga buku yang tinggi menjadi punca masyarakat Malaysia tidak membeli buku.

"Kini sudah ada kemudahan meminjam buku di perpustakaan yang menyediakan pelbagai genre bacaan kepada pembaca, ia bukan masalah,'' jelasnya.

Tambah beliau lagi, dengan membaca buku, seseorang akan mempunyai minda yang terbuka dan berupaya bercakap mengenai pelbagai perkara.

"Ia berbeza dengan mereka yang tidak membaca buku kerana tidak mengetahui banyak perkara," jelasnya.

Beliau turut mengesyorkan penulis tempatan supaya membanyakkan penghasilan buku dengan penulisan yang menarik dan sedikit kontroversi agar menarik minat pembaca.
Sumber: Utusan Malaysia (Dalam Negeri)
Royifazulmaldy Bin Zakaria (Roy)
Unit Perkhidmatan Akses (UPA)
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