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Implementation of a Library Management System in a Malaysian Law Firm Library

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2025

Qudri Ali Abu Bakar*
Affiliation:
Librarian at Khaw & Partners, Malaysia, a law firm in Kuala Lumpur. He received a Master of Science degree in Information Management at the Universiti Teknologi Mara in 2023. Email: [email protected].

Abstract

This paper comprises a brief study of a law firm library in Malaysia, which has utilized an automated library system to organize its collection. The paper aims to demonstrate how the automated library system was implemented and to identify the statistics that can be generated through that system. The particular software used is the Applied Library System (ALS).

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by International Association of Law Libraries

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