WADAH PERPUSTAKAAN
www.bruneilibraryassociation.wordpress.com Bil. 18
Februari 2010
ISSN 1609-4271
Nurturing an informed society
Wishing our members a Happy 26th National Day TALK ON ROLE OF BLA
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Thirty students of the 1 and 2 year of NDILM/06 and NDILM07 gathered at the Theatrette of MTSSR on Wednesday 27 January 2010 at 2.00pm to hear a talk delivered by Nellie Dato Paduka Haji Sunny, President BLA on ‘Role of BLA’ and Dyg Hjh Pusparaini Hj Thani on ‘Why you should be a member of BLA’. The talk ended with a Q & A session and a membership drive. The talk was aimed at raising awareness among young librarians as to the role of BLA as a professional association and its key roles which are to support its members in terms of professional development; advocacy; good governance of information resources and to provide products and services to meet the needs of the librarian community and LIS industry. BLA wishes to acknowledge with thanks the cooperation given by Head of Department of ICT of MTSSR and the NDILM students in making the event possible.
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CAR BOOT SALE BLA organised yet another Car Boot Sale its second, on Sunday 3 January 2010 at the parking space in front of Sheraton Utama Hotel in Bandar Seri Begawan. Some 50 participants took part in the event from 7am to 5pm. The event attracted many buyers and bargain hunters. On sale were new and used items such as novels and magazines, costume jewelry, electrical goods, flower pots, beauty products, clothes, children’s toys, household items, musical CDs, handicrafts, knick knacks to suit all age groups. This time round BLA provided camps and limited tables and chairs for the participants. Proceed from the sales of registration fees is to top up the BLA Funds as it prepares to celebrate its Silver Jubilee in 2011. BLA wishes to acknowledge and thank all participants, the public and the media for making the event a success.
BLA in FACEBOOK.COM Aiming to reach a wider readership as possible, on 21 January 2010 BLA joined the crowd and took advantage of the innovative and vibrant social network by joining Facebook.com. News and events are constantly being posted and updated to keep members and non-members abreast and informed as to BLA activities and as a forum for feedback from members. Members and non-members are invited to join in and be a part of this e-network of librarians and information professionals. So do not wait.
GET CONNECTED AND BE INFORMED!
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CAR BOOT SALE
New Driving Licenses Issued
New Vehicles Registration
2004
16,808
2006
13,528
2005
18,882
2007
16,165
2006
23,236
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BRUNEI NEWSPAPERS PART I By Nellie Dato Paduka Haji Sunny Introduction Wikipedia defines newspapers as “containing information, news and advertising often feature articles on politics, crimes, sports, economics and finance. Most traditional papers also feature an editorial page containing personal opinions of writers.” You will find a wide variety of information in newspapers, including editorial opinions, letters to the editor, photographs of events, places and people, obituaries, entertainment features such as horoscopes, weather forecasts, advice column, gossip, life style, food column, reviews of movies plays and restaurants, classified adverts, announcements, display adverts of products and services, cartoon and comic strip. Nobody can deny that newspapers are an essential and a ‘must have’ source material in any library, information, resource and learning centres big or small. They can be found in public libraries, special or academic. Some holdings may be small but some may extend into a specialised collection holding invaluable information dating back from the earliest print of the national cultural heritage treasure and an excellent primary source for researchers. Newspapers best describe any event first hand, depicting actual coverage based on the literary content as written by the journalists. There are now five types of newspapers: Daily A daily newspaper is issued every day, sometimes with the exception of Sundays. Sunday editions of daily newspapers tend to be larger, include more specialized sections and advertising inserts, and cost more. Weekly Weekly newspapers tend to be smaller than daily papers. National Most countries have at least one national newspaper that circulates throughout the whole country. International International editions of national newspapers are scaled down to remove articles that might not interest the wider range of readers. Online Virtually all printed newspapers now have on-line editions. Web-based newspapers are now common place.
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Brunei Newspapers- Chronology Newspapers first appeared in Burnei Darussalam in the 1950s. The first being Salam Seria in 1952 produced by the British Malaya Petroleum Company. The paper carrying company news was intended for its employees. This was followed by the Borneo Bulletin in 1953, the Pelita Brunei in 1956. Most of the newspapers had their printing presses based in Kuala Belait until at least the late 60s. The first three papers have remained until today joined by newcomers like Media Permata and the Brunei Times. Today the Borneo Bulletin, Pelita Brunei, Media Permata and Brunei Times remain as the leading and main daily national papers in Brunei Darussalam. Year started
Name
1952
Salam Seria
Publisher British Malaya Petroleum Company
Circulation
Price
n/a
free
Salam 4 Jan1958 to 27 Jan 1973-bilingual-weekly 1953 till today
Chinese section from 22 Feb 1958-26 Mar 1958
Brunei Shell Petroleum Company
distributed to employees of BSP, BLNG, BST & BSM free now 46,000
2 Feb 1973-twice monthly e-Salam from 2005 1953-3,500 1957-10,000 1960-9,500 Borneo Bulletin
20 cents
Weekly in English & Malay until Aug 1990 7 Nov 1953till today
3 Sept 1990-daily
30 cents Brunei Press
1973-20,000
1965-30cents
Now 25,000weekdays
1986-40 cents
Now 30,000 weekends Also distributed in Sabah & Sarawak 1956-300
Pelita Brunei 15 Feb 1956-till today
By stencil till 1 Feb 1959 Chinese section from
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80 cents &$1.00
Government Information Dept
1986-3,000
free
45,000 reduced to
5
1963 to 1965
30,000
Jan to June 1965-twice a month
2008 to nowreduced to 16,000
7 July 1965-weekly on Wednesdays 16 June 1965-twice a week July 2008-printed edition twice a week 19 july 2008-ePelita-daily Jan to June 1957
Suara Rayaat
n/a
n/a
n/a
Berita Brunei In Romanised & Jawi 10 cents 14 March 1957 to 18 Dec 1958
April 1958 to 27 Sept 1958
6 June 1957-weekly Light Press
5,000
6 Nov 1958 name changed to Berita Borneo
20 cents from 6 June 1957
Jawi ended on 26 Jun 1958. in romanised only from 3 July 1958 Malaysia (jawi) Budaya Press
n/a n/a
20 Oct 1961 to 26 Jan 1962
Suara Bakti
27 March 1966 to 9 Jan 1971
Bintang Harian/Daily Star
22 Sept 1967 to 15 May 1968
20 cents
Weekly 20 cents
‘largest circulation newspaper in north Kalimantan’
Sabah & S’wak 20 cents; Spore & mainland Malaysia 30 cents
Star Press
10,000
15 cents
n/a
n/a
n/a
Perpustakaan Caesar weekly
Daily in Malay & English
Sin Kuan Jit Poh/Daily Star Brunei Darussalam Newsletter
1985-2,500 1985-fortnightly Oct 1985-till today
2004-monthly Oct 2005-e-newslettermontly compilation
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Government Information Dept
Sept 199110,000
free
March 2004reduced to 1,000
6
2010-daily
Jan 1990 to 1993
Oct 2005-now3,000
Brunei Darussalam Daily Digest
Government Information Dept
Ceased publication
free
Media Permata 1 Jan 1995till today
10,000 Jan 1995-weekly
Brunei Press
80 cents 12,000
30 July 1998-daily 1999
News Express
Avesta Trading & Printing Sdn Bhd
n/a
Brunei Times 1 July 2006till today
1 Jul 2006-online
The Brunei Times
10,500
80 cents & $1.00 $1.00 till 28 Mar 2007 Now-80 cents
1 Jul 2009-e-paper
Sources: A.B. Ahmad Pasang Surut Perkembangan Akhbar di Brunei Beriga Bil.10, Jan-Mac 1986, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei Newspapers: an International Union List by Patricia Pui Huen Lim, ISEAS, 1992; History of Brunei Newspapers by Rozan Yunus in Golden Legacy Column, BT 7 jul 2007; the Borneo th Bulletin Brunei Yearbook 2008 15 edition; Head of English News and Media IT Division, Information Department; ASEAN COCI Brunei Darussalam website; http://en.wikipedia.org; on-linenewspapers.com; e-Salam Editorial. Brunei Times Circulation & HR Executive.
SPECIAL MEETINGS Two Special Meetings were held on 13 January and 27 January 2010 respectively to discuss BLA Silver Jubilee activities i.e. Promising Librarian Award and Silver Jubilee Awards. Both meetings were chaired by Nellie Dato Paduka Haji Sunny, BLA President and attended by senior EXCO members, founding and youth members.
HAPPENINGS 1 Jan 2010 4-13 Jan 2010
5 Jan 2010
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89 anniversary of Royal Brunei Police Force “mengukuhkan kerjasama masyarakat memerangi jenayah”. RBPF was founded on 1 Jan 1921. 44 ASEM students attended the Asia Europe Meeting 2010 (Workshop) ‘towards understanding the impact of global climate change on biodiversity and tropical rainforests’. nd Completion of 2 phase of Technology Park–a 7 storey BEDB Knowledge Hub at a cost of B$4.8 million.Go to page 8
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From page 7 5 Jan 2010 9 Jan 2010 12-14 Jan 2010 14 Jan 2010 15 Jan 2010 15-19 Jan 2010 17 Jan 2010 17 Jan 2010
17 Jan 2010 17 Jan 2010 18 Jan 2010 19 Jan 2010 20 Jan 2010
21-28 Jan 2010 22-23 Jan 2010 23 Jan 2010
23 Jan 2010 24 Jan 2010 24-25 Jan 2010 25 Jan 2010 26 Jan 2010 26 Jan 2010
28-31 Jan 2010 28 Jan 2010
Launch of Guide Book on Energy Conservation by UBD Inst of Leadership and Innovation Advancement. 'Safety Guidebook and Posters’ book launched by the Postal Services Department Southeast Asian Islamic Youth Conference to mark the National Day Silver Jubilee 1984-2009. 368 participants attended. Fisheries Department awarded ISO/IEC 17025 certification for Quality Control and Fish Inspection Lab. Asia Vs Europe 9-ball Team Challenge 2010 (cue sport) High tide up to 2.2m-2.4m from 9pm to 1am. th 35 anniversary of Kolej Universiti Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan, established in 1972. Fisheries Department laid foundation for a $3.3m Turtle Conservation and Management Centre on a 5.2 hectare site at Meragang Beach. Since year 2000 the department released 5,000 turtles. Survey Department laid foundation fora $300,000 new workshop and training site th at Kg Serambangun under 9 NDP. Roz Floraculture Greenhouse launched a $200,000 auto greenhouse on a 520sq.m. site at Kg Madang to grow 10,000 phalaenopsis orchids seedlings. nd 2 International Olympic Sports Medicine Course. th Brunei Darussalam in 68 place in the 2010 UN e-government survey. The Think Big Business Plan Competition Awards 2009/10 presentation ceremony. th
29 ASEAN Tourism Forum “ASEAN Tourism Integration” National Tourism Organisations and ASEAN NTO Officers Meeting with China, Japan, Korea, India. Launching of a 8-man Brunei team from the Brunei Chess Federation to scale Everest Base Camp in ‘Everest Trekking’ a charity project to raise B$50k for the National Welfare Fund. The 120km expedition is expected to take 16 days from 23 April to 9 May 2010. th 4 Brunei-Singapore Annual Exchange of Visits Ministerial Meeting. Meeting of the ASEAN Hotels Assn, ASEAN Airlines Assn, ASEAN Travel Trade Assn, ASEAN Tourism Assn, Federation of ASEAN Travel Assn. ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting Brunei Tourism new website launched. ASEAN Tourism Conference ’Green Heart’ The Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry (AITI) signed an MOU to develop a platform to support access to highly developed ICT infrastructure including the high-capacity broadband networks. Consumer Fair 5. Briefing on an on-line marketing portal for Brunei buinesses at padian.com.
CONSAL XV, Bali 2012 BLA menjemput ahli-ahli untuk menyertai Persidangan CONSAL ke-15. Maklumat lanjut akan menyusul.
Dapatkan borang dan keterangan lanjut daripada kami melalui email pobox.bla@gmail.com All materials are copyrighted and any form of reproduction is not permitted without the permission of the publisher. Wadah Perpustakaan is published by © Brunei Darussalam Library Association, c/o Class 64 Library, SOASC, Jalan Tengah, Bandar Seri Begawan BS8411. email. pobox.bla@gmail.com. Editor: Nellie Dato Paduka Haji Sunny. Photo Credits: Nellie, Layout: Nooralizah Mohamad, Nurul Fajrina Kamaluddin
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