Practical training report at Library UiTM, Samarahan Campus / Fendi Meka ... [et al.]

Generally, the history of the development of UiTM Campus Samarahan Library has exists along with the establishment of UiTM Campus Samarahan in the year 1973. In the beginning the University and its library is situated at Maktab Batu Lintang when it first constructed and then moved to Agriculture Training Institute at Semenggok in the year 1987. But the campus hasn't found their real root yet, where they keep on moving from one place to another. In the year 1989, the University moved again to Samariang and finally to their final destination, Kota Samarahan in the year 1997. At Kota Samarahan, the UiTM Sarawak finally has settled down together with it s library and it is where they have found the place they really belong. From the first the establishment of the library, it has begin with only 668 titles of books and about 100 memberships among University staffs and the library itself. After that the library keep growing with an advance development of UiTM Campus Samarahan. The library collection then also increased according to the changes and the need of teaching and learning and knowledge of students and staffs around Kota Samarahan. Until April 2003 which the last date the library give updates, UiTM Campus Samarahan Library has reached about 53,454 titles along with the development of the printed, non-printed, listening and viewing materials and some of online database that were subscribed by the library.