| Welcome to Wawasan Open Regional Office Libraries (ROL). The ROL have many services and resources available to help you study at a distance. |
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| General information |
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Admission |
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The Library is open to all students and staff of WOU, including tutors. Choose the one nearest to you. |
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You will need a valid WOU Identity Card to borrow materials from RC Libraries. Please see borrowing section in Rules and regulations for details. |
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Location |
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Wawasan Open Library |
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Main Campus |
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Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah |
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10050 Penang |
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Ipoh Regional Office Library |
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Wisma Gerakan |
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80 Persiaran Green Hill |
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30450 Ipoh, Perak |
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Kota Bharu Regional Office Library |
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No.3956 Tingkat Bawah |
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Wisma Gerakan |
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Jalan Temenggong |
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15000 Kota Bahru, Kelantan |
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Kuala Lumpur Regional Office Library |
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Level 3 Menara PGRM |
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8 Jalan Pudu Ulu |
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Cheras, 56100 Kuala Lumpur |
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Johor Bahru Regional Office Library |
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No 17&19 Jalan Jaya 2 |
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81300 Skudai, Johor |
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Opening hours |
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Subject to review, the opening hours are: |
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Main Library |
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During Semester |
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Monday 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
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Tuesday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. |
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Saturday-Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. |
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Semester Break |
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Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
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Saturday-Sunday: Closed |
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Regional Office Libraries |
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Ipoh Tuesday-Sunday 10:00 a.m. -
7:00 p.m. |
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Johor Bharu
Tuesday-Sunday 10.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m. |
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Kota Bahru
Monday-Saturday 10.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
(closed on Sundays & public holidays) |
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Kuala Lumpur Tuesday-Sunday
10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
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The ROL will be closed on Mondays (except for Kota Bahru
Library) and public holidays. Particular services within a RO Library may differ and are displayed at the service points |
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| Services |
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Off-campus access to electronic resources |
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All information on this site will be accessible by any WOU student and staff, regardless of geographic location and time. The aim is to provide service and resources to our distance learners that are equitable to the service and resources available to on-campus students. All of the resources listed in the MyDigitalLibrary are available via the World Wide Web. Some of the resources
on this site are in PDF format, and require the use of an appropriate reader. You can download the Adobe Acrobat Reader from the Adobe site. |
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Off-campus access to MyDigitalLibrary electronic resources includes the Library Catalogue, Useful Internet reference resources selected by WOU librarians, Databases, E-journals, and E-books; telephone or e-mail Ask a librarian, Document delivery service, Inter-library loans service and Searching tips.
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Document supply |
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Document delivery service provides books and photocopies of journal articles that are only available in the Main Library to users of ROL. Please see the Circulation Desk if you are interested in using this service. This service is provided free. |
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Access to other libraries |
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If you need to use the resources of other university libraries, contact that library to see what the admission arrangements are for consulting (not borrowing) the material. |
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If you are interested in having borrowing privileges, check with your employer whether your organisation is prepared to pay your library membership fees. |
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Check the holdings of other academic libraries through External databases to see what they have. |
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Public Libraries are generally open to all and will only charge for the issuance of a reader’s ticket. See Public libraries in Malaysia. |
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Please check the opening hours and collection availability with the libraries that you wish to use before the date you intend to visit.
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Inter-library loan service |
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You can request for an Inter-library loan service if a book or a journal article is not owned by
the Wawasan Open University Library. We will request it from another library for you. Please note that any charges incurred will be passed on to the requestor. |
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| Contact us |
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| We will be pleased to answer your enquiry.
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| E-mail | : |
library@wou.edu.my |
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04-2289323 ext 159/169. Please identify yourself as a distance learner. |
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Wawasan Open University Library |
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Distance Learning Services |
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Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah |
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10050 Penang |
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