Mengukuhkan Nadi Kepustakawanan Di Dalam Hati Masyarakat Malaysia (Strengthening The Pulse Of Librarianship In The Heart Of Malaysian People)

Kepentingan bidang sains perpustakaan dalam kehidupan masyarakat pada zaman digital ini sering menjadi perdebatan secara ilmiah mahupun cakap-cakap kosong. Sebilangan masyarakat dilihat semakin kurang bergantung kepada perkhidmatan yang ditawarkan oleh perpustakaan dan kurang peduli tentang kemahiran yang ada pada seseorang pustakawan untuk mengakses dan mendapatkan kesahihan maklumat. Namun, perkara sebegini tidak akan menjejaskan pustakawan sekiranya beberapa strategi pelaksanaan dapat dilakukan secara kolektif dengan fokus kepada kaedah memenangi kembali nilai kebolehpercayaan dikalangan majoriti hati masyarakat Malaysia terhadap bidang kepustakawanan disemua peringkat daripada peringkat kelas atasan hingga kepada golongan terkebawah. (The importance of librariy science field in the community life especially in this digital age has always been a debate academically and also in everyday conversation. A number of the community seemed to be less dependent on the services offered by the library and are less concerned about the skills available in a librarian to access and obtain the validity of the information. However, such things will not affect to the librarians if the several strategies that focus and collectively implemented by librarians to win back the hearts of reliability among the majority of the Malaysian people towards the field of librarianship at all levels from the upscale to the bottom billion were well performed