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What’s New in the Library: December 2011

IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2011 Author          : Prof. Stephanie Garelli Publisher       : World Competitiveness Center ISBN    : 9782970051459 Year   : 2011 For over 20 years, the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) has benchmarked the performance of the world’s most competitive economics. In its 2011 edition, the WCY includes 59 economies, extending its coverage in emerging [...]

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Innovation News Daily – From Shelves to Internet: America’s Digital Library Takes Shape

May 27, 2011 | By Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer Five-story robots patrol an underground chamber to retrieve books beneath the Mansueto Library at the University of Chicago. It’s a sight that would impress most people, but U.S. librarians and academics have their eyes set on a still more futuristic concept. They want to build [...]

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The Mary Sue – THE LIBRARY OF THE FUTURE WHERE ROBOTS GET YOUR BOOKS

May 11, 2011 | by Jamie Frevele Flying against the idea that physical libraries with physical books are going the way of the dodo (and Blockbuster Video), the University of Chicago will be opening the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library next week, which is designed to incorporate computer-based research with actual books. Although, none of those books appear in [...]

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Tan Sri Senu Abdul Rahman’s Book Collections

The Roots of Guerrilla Warfare by Douglas Hyde Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd Published: 1st Edition (January 1968) ISBN: 9780370004464 The Road to Ramadan by Mohamed Heikal Publisher: Ballantine Books Published: September 12, 1976 ISBN: 9780345253514 The Fall of Sukarno by Tarzie Vittachi Publisher: Deutsch Published: 1967

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New Books from Perdana Library

Malaysia’s Foreign Policy The First Fifty Years: Alignment, Neutralism, Islamism by Johan Saravanamuttu ISBN: 9789814279789 Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) Published: 2010 This overall account of Malaysia’s foreign policy 1957-2007 is based on groundbreaking study and interviews with major players over some years. It brings into focus some of the uncertainties and pressures [...]

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