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Investigating rural library usage among rural youth in Malaysia: its corresponding determinants and impacts


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Omar, Siti Zobidah and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril and Bolong, Jusang and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva (2012) Investigating rural library usage among rural youth in Malaysia: its corresponding determinants and impacts. Computer and Information Science, 5 (2). pp. 98-104. ISSN 1913-8989; ESSN: 1913-8997

Abstract

The demands for information are increasing nowadays, providing adequate sources of information for the community is a crucial agenda as it is an essential part of community development particularly the youth; the future leader of our community. As information and communication technology (ICT) play significant roles as sources of information, similarly, the rural library in Malaysia can play the same roles in offering updated and needed information of the community. The main objective of this paper is to know the potential factors, benefits and problems in using the services provided in the rural library. Discussion of this paper is based on applied documents and literature analysis. Based on the analyses done, a number of potential benefits offered by the rural community have been identified and certainly information offered is the main benefit available. Potential problems faced by the rural community in using the rural library services need to be overcome to ensure the rural community will profits from the benefits offered. Besides, a number of related factors and theories have been further discussed.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Institute for Social Science Studies
Faculty of Modern Language and Communication
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.5539/cis.v5n2p98
Publisher: Canadian Center of Science and Education
Keywords: Youth; Rural library; ICT; Rural community; Information management; Rural development
Depositing User: Nur Farahin Ramli
Date Deposited: 28 Jan 2014 05:34
Last Modified: 31 Mar 2016 03:40
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23748
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