FACULTY OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING

TECHNICAL WRITING

UWB 20302

SEMESTER 1 SESI 2011/2012

ASSESSMENT 1- FIELD TRIP REPORT

TITLE:

“FIELD TRIP TO UTHM LIBRARY”

NAME LECTURER:

MS NURIZAH BT MD NGADIRAN

NAME:

SITI HAJAR BINTI ISHAK

NO. MATRIC:

AF100139

INTRODUCTION

On 28 September 2011, for individual technical writing project, I decide to choose

University Tun Hussein Onn (UTHM) library located at campus UTHM in Parit Raja, Batu

Pahat for my field trip project. Along my trip in UTHM library, I very impressed to structure

building, garden environment and facilities are provided there. It designed very unique and

comfortable for public especially student’s UTHM that always used library to do revision and

discussion group. As we know, this library is established in May 2010. This building has 16,000

square meters of floor area and can fill as many as 300,000 volumes of collections. Besides that,

the library building has a seating capacity of 3,000 users and it provides a spacious and

conducive study environment with 100 carrel rooms, 40 discussion rooms, 2 seminar rooms, a

post graduate research room, an auditorium, a closed reference room, a journal room and a 24

hours reading room.

Besides that, the purpose I do this trip because I want achieve my aim target to know

about how this library operate and also to get know more information for their services and

facilities provided. In this trip, I will get more information about our own university’s library and

can promote this library to public as we know UTHM library is a largest library in the Southeast

Asia. So, we should proud with this library and use the best as you can.

METHOD

Along my trip in the library, I conduct interview for a few of staff and also do

observation surrounding. For the interview, I list some important question about services and

facilities operate in the library. The staffs give explanation to me clearly and easily understood.

During the interview, I took some picture with the staff’s library. For the observation, I took the

time to look surrounding of library especially when I stand in the middle of library, I feel like

staying in the small jungle because their natural environment provided. The small garden filled

with many floras and also beautiful fish pool. While for the internal library, all books are arrange

properly in each categories. So that, we can easy to find certain books without explore each

floor. It can spend your time.

RESULT

From my interview and observation, I get some information about facilities and services

of library. Besides that, I also take information library site in UTHM web. This is some

information below shown that can I share during my trip in the UTHM library:

Library facilities

This library provided lockers for user located on first floor before enter to library. Users

can keep personal things in any locker that provided about 500 unit of locker available on first

come first serve basis. But for this locker, students or user are advised not to keep valuable items

in the locker to avoid any losing and damage. The librarian also says they will not responsible for

any loss or damage to any personal belonging. Besides that, the staff also says this library

provided the open carrel, laptop lock, and self check out machine, photocopy machine, and book

drop. All facilities are self-service that under responsible UTHM library and can use any time

and facilitate our work.

Furthermore, UTHM library was fully provided air conditional. As I saw overall room,

classes even toilets also have air conditional to comfort all users. The library also provided lift to

move another floor to another floor. Even though, the stairs also provided for each floor. Besides

that, our UTHM library also equipped with Wi-Fi access. To use the wireless we should read the

guide to obtain information on Wi-Fi at UTHM.

For the room, there many room provided such as Iqra’ room, Hikmah and Eksplorasi

room, seminar room, post graduate research room, customer service room, journal room, closed

reference room, auditorium, open reading area, and gallery and exhibition area. The usually

place users used is a 24 hours reading room that located on next to library entrance at level 1

which is equipped wireless internet access. This room is available for user who wishes to use this

facility during or after the library’s opening hours. It can accommodate up to 300 users at one

time. From my observation, this 24 hours room is crowded place during examination period

because many students take time to stay up until morning.

Library services

There are lot services in the library that librarian told to me. One of them is a membership

registration. The function card is a will register all UTHM students and staff as library members.

New students and staff are advised to check their account through the library website. But for

user, who not yet registered as library member, must do as soon as possible at circulation counter

on level 1. Moreover, the library also provided borrowing and returning book as usually like

other library in world. All borrowing and returning book can do at circulation counter. But for

returning book, we also can return by using machine. Although, along we borrow the books, we

can get reminder notice through e-mail 2 days before the due date. If users fail to return the book

to the library before due date, the 1st overdue notice will sent and if users still fail to return, 3rd

overdue notice (final notice) will sent 13 days after due date and their account will be

temporarily suspended. The librarian also advised to all borrowers to check the due date on the

borrowing slip to avoid fine for late return of library materials. The fines rate is a follows:

COLLECTION FINES (HOURS) FINES (DAY)

Open access - RM0.20

Closed access RM0.20 -

Audio visual - RM0.50

UTHM special collection RM0.20 -

Creative - RM0.20

The UTHM library gives services at the opening hours and we must manage our business at that

time. Besides that we just only can use library on that time as shown table below. If we want stay

up until morning, we can use 24 hours room.

Day Semester Examination week Semester break

Monday – Thursday 8.00a.m-11.00p.m. 8.00a.m-11.00p.m. 9.00a.m-5.00p.m.

Friday 8.00a.m-12.15p.m. 8.00a.m-12.15p.m. 9.00a.m-12.15p.m.

2.45p.m-11.00p.m. 2.45p.m-11.00p.m. 2.45p.m-5.00p.m.

Saturday & Sunday 9.00a.m-5.00p.m. 9.00a.m-5.00p.m. 9.00a.m-5.00p.m.

Public holiday Closed

Conclusion

As a conclusion, overall my trip at the UTHM library is enjoyed. I think this trip not waste my

time and I want do again it on next time. On my opinion, this trip makes me realize that I should

proud staying in UTHM because this library is a only once library that have complete facilities

and services compare other university and largest in Southeast Asia. Besides that, from this trip I

had learned how to use all self- service facilities such as photocopy machine, self check out

machine and others that before it I always go library but never use all facilities. So, starting that

day, I can use it easily. Moreover, this library also provided cafeteria, book shop and stationery

stores. These shops can easy all students get something like food, stationery and so on just only

in the library. Finally, I hope this library can be a role model for all libraries in the Malaysia

because it not just only make people easy but enjoy to study and come to the library as well as to

foster the spirit of reading in society.

APPENDIX

In info search room

Surrounding garden in middle of library

At the circulation counters

Study hall

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Link:

http://www.uthm.edu.my/v2/ http://lms.uthm.edu.my/equip/elibrary/e_home.jsp

Book:

Library Guide, University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia