About - Perpustakaan Sultan Badli Shah, UiTM Kedah

History

On June 3, 1994, MARA Institute of Technology built its 11th branch campus in Kedah Darul Aman. The campus is located on 350 acres of land in Mukim Bujang (between Pekan Semeling and Pekan Merbok), which is about 14 kilometers from the town of Sungai Petani. It is one of the development projects of the 6th Malaysia Plan, amounting to RM38.4 million and opened on October 1, 1997. which was inaugurated by YB Dato' Paduka Daim Zainuddin, Minister of Finance 1 and Special Tasks, in November 1999.

The first intake of students was in the November 1997 session, with a total of 162 students for the diploma-level course. ITM Kedah Branch started operations with 25 pilot staff. The facilities provided are 13 lecture rooms, 2 computer laboratories, an administrative block, a dormitory block, a dining hall, a temporary library, a mini hall, and a canteen.

Introduction

The ITM Kedah Branch Library began to operate fully in 1998 on the lower level of the Academic Block temporarily because the library's permanent building was under construction. The library operates under the management of a librarian, 2 library assistants, a clerk, a library server, and an operations assistant.

The service and operation of the library are manual, and among the services provided are the loan and return of books, magazines, and newspaper references. The facilities of the library were minimal, the provision of reading and reference materials was for 4 faculties at that time, namely the Faculty of Business Management, the Faculty of Administration and Law, the Faculty of Accountancy, and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. In 2000, UiTM Kedah Library received 2 more librarians in preparation for operational planning in the new building.