| Year |
Major Events |
| 1987 |
THOL established. Puan Hamadah joined as Chief Librarian
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| 1992 |
THOL moved to Bandar Sunway Campus
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| 1999 |
Mrs. Khoo Siew Mun joined THOL as Chief Librarian in January
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| 2000 |
Visit of Chief Librarian and Head, Automation to Monash University Library's Official opening of MUM Annex by Professor David Robinson, Vice-Chancellor and President of Monash University, Australia in Monash University Librarians' familiarization visit lead by Mrs. Ho Chooi Hon
Launch of Library E-Bulletin named @THOL in October
4 accreditation visits were handled by the Library
Opening of THOL Electronic Library by YB Dato' Hishamuddin bin Tun Hussein, Minister of Youth and Sports, in December
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| 2001 |
Addition of two new administrative sections – MUM Library Services Division and Standards & Performance Unit
First meeting of GEAC Advance User Group held in THOL in March
Visit of Deputy Librarian and Acquisitions Librarian to Monash University Library in May
Monash University Librarians' familiarization visit lead by Mrs. Ho Chooi Hon in June
7 accreditation visits were handled by the Library
Commencement of ISO 9001:2000 Exercise
Establishment of Help Desk in December
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| 2002 |
User feedback system put into place
CSD took over management of Multimedia Resource Centre
Visit of Assistant Librarian, MUM Library Services, and Head, Automation Development, to Monash University Library in August
12 accreditation visits were handled by the Library
Online notification of library cards ready for users
Shelf location maps linked electronically to GeoWeb Online Catalogue
Visit of Ms. Cathrine Harboe-Ree, University Librarian, Monash University and Mrs. Ho Chooi Hon in November
All ISO documentation completed by December 2002
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| 2003 |
Launch of new Homepage in March
Achievement of ISO 9001:2000 in April
Presentation of ISO 9001:2000 certificate award by Dato' Dr. Mohamed Ariffin bin Haji Aton in June
Survey on Locating Library Materials carried out to find out users' difficulties in locating library materials
Visit of Mr. Jeremy Ellis, Chancellor and Professor Richard Larkins, Vice-Chancellor, Monash University, Australia in September
Visit of Deputy Librarian, Acquisitions Librarian, Circulation Librarian and Head, Administration & Finance to Monash University Library in November Examinations papers went online in December
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| 2004 |
Visit of Mrs. Ho Chooi Hon, Director Corporate Services and International Development in May
Retirement of Mrs. Khoo Siew Mun, Chief Librarian in May
Appointment of Ms. Wong Sook Jean as Chief Librarian in June
Two Monash Malaysia librarians, Lee Siew Voon and Huzaimah Abdul Rani, attended the Staff Development and Training Programme organized by Monash University Library from 7-21 June
Successfully passed SIRIM Surveillance Audit in on 19-20 July without any nonconformances.
Visit by Ms Janette Burke, Director of Information Services, Monash University Library in connection with the planning of the new Monash Library
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| 2005 |
Survey on Help Desk Services held from 24-31 May.
Successfully passed SIRIM Surveillance Audit on 15 August without any nonconformances
Electronic resources increased with the acquisition of eBrary with 18,000 e-books
Library Staff intranet developed to improve staff communication
Creation of Shelf Location Finder in GeoWeb to assist users to locate library materials
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| 2006 |
The Dr. Goh Cheng Teik Collection Presentation Ceremony was held on 18 July. Dr. Goh presented 2,441 books from his own personal collection. YB Dato’ Sri Hishammuddin bin Tun Hussein, Minister of Education, attended the ceremony to witness the presentation of the collection from Dr. Goh to YBhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Jefffrey Cheah, Chancellor of Sunway University College.
Visit by Ms Janette Burke, Director of Information Services, Monash University Library in connection with the planning of the new Monash Library
Beginning of separation of administration of Monash Library from THOL.
Successfully passed SIRIM Reassessment Audit in on 15 - 16 March without any nonconformances
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| 2007 |
Separation of Monash and Sunway Libraries. Monash University Malaysia moved to its new campus and set up its own Library and Learning Commons
Both THOL and Monash University Sunway Campus Library established the Reciprocal Borrowing Programme, thus allowing Sunway and Monash staff and students to access each other's Open Shelf Collections. Walk-in usage of each other's databases was also introduced.
Sunway University College Library Committee was set up in January
Successfully passed SIRIM Surveillance Audit in on 25 July without any nonconformances
Visits from International Islamic University of Malaysia Library staff and Multimedia University Library staff
Visit by Sir Christian Bonington, Chancellor of Lancaster University
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| 2008 |
Migration to a new library system, SirsiDynix Unicorn. Roll-out was completed on 20 October
Refurbishment of Level 3 of the Library
Two book drop points set up to facilitate 24/7 return of library materials
Opinion Survey on Reduction of Loan Entitlement for Library Users carried out in December 2008. Most staff were in favour of maintaining the existing loan privileges
Appointment of Ms Molly Chuah as new Deputy Chief Librarian and Management Representative
Subscription to 9 new e-databases
Successfully passed SIRIM Surveillance Audit in on 16 June without any nonconformances
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| 2009 |
Adoption of RFID for shelf maintenance and self checkout
Customer Satisfaction survey held on 22-28 February to find out users' perception of library services and facilities
Subscription to Ebsco A-Z to provide better access to e-journals
Successfully passed SIRIM Recertification Audit in on 18-19 March without any nonconformances
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| 2010 |
THOL acquired Serials Solutions 360, a federated search engine, and A-Z List of E-Journals
Two surveys were held: The survey on the Use and Awareness of Electronic Information Resources (EIRs) by Academic staff of Sunway University College from 14 Dec 2009 to 18 Jan 2010; and the Survey on the Noise problem in the Library from 25 to 27 May 2010
Library added an Instructional Lab
THOL carried out its first stocktake exercise since 1999. The final count of missing items was 3,926 or 3.6% of the total collection
Setup of Sunway Institutionary Repository
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| 2011 |
Major refurbishment of the Library, including new furniture and video equipment
Establishment of Harvard Collection
Implementation of Smartcard for Self-Checkout
Extension of library opening hours
Library Homepage was totally revamped, using a new software called Drupal
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| 2012 |
Integration of Library Management System (LMS) with the Education Management System (EMS) to allow student records to be automatically migrated to the LMS, and financial records in the LMS be automatically migrated to the EMS
Addition of a second Discussion Area with 60 seats
Erection of Partitions and new chairs for the Multimedia Zone
Access to Lancaster University’s e-resources for staff and students in affiliated courses
Extension of THOL’s LMS to Sunway College Ipoh
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| 2013 |
Upgrade of THOL’s search engine to the Ebsco Discovery Service
Upgrade to Academic Search Complete and Business Source Complete
Extension of library opening hours – library opens at 8.00 am and every Sunday
Provision of free document delivery service to postgraduate students
Creation of Facebook page for the Library
Creation of podcasts for library instruction
Extension of Library’s e-databases to Sunway College Ipoh
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| 2014 |
Stocktake of library collection
Library launched its “Reading Lists” Project
81 computers in the Multimedia Zone were replaced
Two surveys were held: “Survey on Library Opening Hours” and “Survey on Locating Library Materials”
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| 2015 |
Moved to new premise at the new University Building
Renamed “Sunway Campus Library”
New facilities at the new library; individual and collaborative learning space, Group Project Pods, bigger Instructional Lab, Drink and Phone Area, Viewing Zone, Extended Hour Study Area open to 2.00am, toilets, PCs in the public areas were totally upgraded
New services: New Book Return, additional checkout machine in Restricted Collections area, smartcard entry system, Academic Language Learning Service
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| 2016 |
Continued to improve on infrastructure and environment : installation of microphone system for Instructional Lab, 2 additional printers, change of dim lighting, 200 new seats added
Library services improved: opening of Mezzanine Level every day until 2.00am, Use of LibCal for booking of facilities and appointments with ALLS staff
Creation of Springshare LibGuides for Library Homepage
Migration of Library catalogue to BlueCloud
Use of online evaluation for Orientation and Information Skills sessions Fourth Library Customer Satisfaction Survey held from 23 February to 7 March 2017
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| 2017 |
Opening of Office and installation of auto-sliding door at the Mezzanine Level
Membership granted for SIS IBDP and OSSD
The QueueBee Feedback System placed on 1 May 2017 to monitor feedback at the help Desk
A TV was installed at the entrance to display announcements
A second book return was installed on 26 July 2017
New pedestrian barrier gates were installed on ground and mezzanine levels on 21 December 2017
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| 2018 |
Installation of new entrance leading from ground level to mezzanine level in Jan 2018
Launched new homepage on 14 May 2018
Launched e-Archives for Sunway University and Sunway College KL
All 3M RFID equipment replaced
As part of the yearly teambuilding activity, 22 Sunway Campus Library staff visited the Perpustakaan Raja Tun Uda Public Library on the 18 December 2018
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| 2019 |
Videos on library services created for viewing by students during orientation
Online Linkedln Learning Courses incorporated into staff’s KPIs
Adopted Facial Recognition technology for entry and exit into Library
Information Skills Workshops realigned to research-based approach
A second book return was installed on 26 July 2017
SIRIM Surveillance Audit was conducted on 17-18 April 2019 with no NCRs detected
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| 2020 |
Library OnBrand Appreciation Day held on 28 Feb whereby 4 staff were recognized and given tokens of appreciation for their extra mile services.
Installed the software called AnyDesk in library staff PCs during the MCO period to enable them to from home.
Installation of EndNote e-form for remote installation of the software
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