bla wadah 18, feb 2010

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Bil. 18 Februari 2010 ISSN 1609-4271

Nurturing an informed society

Wishing our members a Happy 26th National Day

TALK ON ROLE OF BLA Thirty students of the 1ST and 2ND 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.


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!


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 Source: Land Transport Dept.


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.


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 Publisher Circulation Price

1952 Salam Seria British Malaya Petroleum Company n/a free

1953 till today

Salam

4 Jan1958 to 27 Jan 1973-bilingual-weekly

Chinese section from 22 Feb 1958-26 Mar 1958

2 Feb 1973-twice monthly

e-Salam from 2005

Brunei Shell Petroleum Company

distributed to employees of BSP, BLNG, BST & BSM

now 46,000

free

7 Nov 1953-till today

Borneo Bulletin

Weekly in English & Malay until Aug 1990

3 Sept 1990-daily

Brunei Press

1953-3,500

1957-10,000

1960-9,500

1973-20,000

Now 25,000-weekdays

Now 30,000 weekends

Also distributed in

Sabah & Sarawak

20 cents

30 cents

1965-30cents

1986-40 cents

80 cents &$1.00

15 Feb 1956-till today

Pelita Brunei

By stencil till 1 Feb 1959

Chinese section from

Government Information Dept

1956-300

1986-3,000

45,000 reduced to

free


1963 to 1965

Jan to June 1965-twice a month

7 July 1965-weekly on Wednesdays

16 June 1965-twice a week

July 2008-printed edition twice a week

19 july 2008-ePelita-daily

30,000

2008 to now-reduced to

16,000

Jan to June 1957 Suara Rayaat n/a n/a n/a

14 March 1957 to 18 Dec 1958

Berita Brunei

In Romanised & Jawi

6 June 1957-weekly

6 Nov 1958 name changed to Berita Borneo

Jawi ended on 26 Jun 1958. in romanised only

from 3 July 1958

Light Press 5,000

10 cents

20 cents from 6 June 1957

April 1958 to 27 Sept

1958

Malaysia (jawi)

Weekly Budaya Press n/a 20 cents

20 Oct 1961 to 26 Jan

1962

Suara Bakti

weekly Perpustakaan Caesar

n/a

‘largest circulation

newspaper in north

Kalimantan’

20 cents

Sabah & S’wak 20 cents; Spore &

mainland Malaysia 30 cents

27 March 1966 to 9 Jan 1971

Bintang Harian/Daily Star

Daily in Malay & English Star Press 10,000 15 cents

22 Sept 1967 to 15 May 1968

Sin Kuan Jit Poh/Daily Star n/a n/a n/a

Oct 1985-till today

Brunei Darussalam Newsletter

1985-fortnightly

2004-monthly

Oct 2005-e-newsletter-montly compilation


1985-2,500

Sept 1991-10,000

March 2004-reduced to

1,000

free


2010-daily

Oct 2005-now-3,000

Jan 1990 to 1993

Brunei Darussalam Daily Digest


Ceased publication free

1 Jan 1995-till today

Media Permata

Jan 1995-weekly

30 July 1998-daily

Brunei Press 10,000

12,000 80 cents

1999 News Express Avesta Trading & Printing Sdn Bhd n/a 80 cents & $1.00

1 July 2006-till today

Brunei Times

1 Jul 2006-online

1 Jul 2009-e-paper

The Brunei Times 10,500

$1.00 till 28 Mar 2007

Now-80 cents

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 Bulletin Brunei Yearbook 2008 15th 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 89th anniversary of Royal Brunei Police Force “mengukuhkan kerjasama masyarakat memerangi jenayah”. RBPF was founded on 1 Jan 1921.

4-13 Jan 2010 44 ASEM students attended the Asia Europe Meeting 2010 (Workshop) ‘towards understanding the impact of global climate change on biodiversity and tropical rainforests’.

5 Jan 2010 Completion of 2nd phase of Technology Park–a 7 storey BEDB Knowledge Hub at a cost of B$4.8 million.Go to page 8


From page 7 5 Jan 2010 Launch of Guide Book on Energy Conservation by UBD Inst of Leadership and

Innovation Advancement. 9 Jan 2010 'Safety Guidebook and Posters’ book launched by the Postal Services

Department 12-14 Jan 2010 Southeast Asian Islamic Youth Conference to mark the National Day Silver

Jubilee 1984-2009. 368 participants attended. 14 Jan 2010 Fisheries Department awarded ISO/IEC 17025 certification for Quality Control

and Fish Inspection Lab. 15 Jan 2010 Asia Vs Europe 9-ball Team Challenge 2010 (cue sport) 15-19 Jan 2010 High tide up to 2.2m-2.4m from 9pm to 1am. 17 Jan 2010 35th anniversary of Kolej Universiti Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan, established

in 1972. 17 Jan 2010 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.

17 Jan 2010 Survey Department laid foundation fora $300,000 new workshop and training site at Kg Serambangun under 9th NDP.

17 Jan 2010 Roz Floraculture Greenhouse launched a $200,000 auto greenhouse on a 520sq.m. site at Kg Madang to grow 10,000 phalaenopsis orchids seedlings.

18 Jan 2010 2nd International Olympic Sports Medicine Course. 19 Jan 2010 Brunei Darussalam in 68th place in the 2010 UN e-government survey. 20 Jan 2010 The Think Big Business Plan Competition Awards 2009/10 presentation

ceremony. 21-28 Jan 2010 29th ASEAN Tourism Forum “ASEAN Tourism Integration” 22-23 Jan 2010 National Tourism Organisations and ASEAN NTO Officers Meeting with

China, Japan, Korea, India. 23 Jan 2010 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.

23 Jan 2010 4th Brunei-Singapore Annual Exchange of Visits Ministerial Meeting. 24 Jan 2010 Meeting of the ASEAN Hotels Assn, ASEAN Airlines Assn, ASEAN Travel Trade

Assn, ASEAN Tourism Assn, Federation of ASEAN Travel Assn. 24-25 Jan 2010 ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting 25 Jan 2010 Brunei Tourism new website launched. 26 Jan 2010 ASEAN Tourism Conference ’Green Heart’ 26 Jan 2010 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.

28-31 Jan 2010 Consumer Fair 5. 28 Jan 2010 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 [email protected]

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. [email protected]. Editor: Nellie Dato Paduka Haji Sunny. Photo Credits: Nellie, Layout: Nooralizah Mohamad, Nurul Fajrina Kamaluddin

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