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“Malaysia is like this incredible library filled with books that caters to all tastes and views. To some, many books would be considered dangerous or misguided; to others, the same books would be seen as essential and inspirational. Being Malaysians is like the book ends that keep all these books on the shelf in this glorious library we call Malaysia: strong, united and full of potential. Take them away and it all falls apart – one by one, and we all lose.:
Vinod B. Sekhar
Chairman of the Sekhar Foundation and CEO of the Petra Group
”Different books make up a library: 27.5 million Malaysians constitute Malaysia”
New Strait Times, March 6, 2008, p. 15,17
b Chelton, Mary K. and Cool, Colleen (Eds.). (2004) Youth information-seeking behaviour: theories, models and issues. Lanham, MD.: Scarecrow Press.
Keywords:Information seeking behavior, youth
Summary and evaluation:This is a compilation of essays in a book. The editors have collected the essays based on research studies published in high ranking journals during the last decade or so. Emerging topics include: information seeking in school contexts, information behaviour in life-concern situations, information searching in libraries and Web environments. This book is helpful to undergraduate students and their teachers. But the essays are available free in universities’ paid online subscriptions. Read the rest of this entry »
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