Some scholarly English Periodicals in Pre-Independent Malaysia: a Historical Overview
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1999
Abstract
Attempts to survey ten early Malaysian scholarly English periodicals which emerged during the pre-independent era. The study found that since 1847, certain individuals, learned associations, societies, government agencies or research institutions published scholarly periodicals in this region. Nevertheless, the growth in the number of these periodicals was rather slow, however, the momentum picked up after Independence on the 31st August 1957
Keywords
Scholarly periodicals, Pre-independent Malaysia, Malaysian periodicals.
Divisions
Library
Publication Title
Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science
Volume
4
Issue
1
Publisher
Masters of Library of Inf. Sci. Program Uni. of Malaya