SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES IN MALAYSIAN RURAL LIBRARIES

  • Siti Khadijah Rafie Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kedah, 08400 Merbok, Kedah
  • Roziya Abu Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor
  • Nor Amira Mohd Ali Faculty of Business Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kedah, 08400 Merbok, Kedah
  • Nur Syazana Mohd Nasir Faculty of Business Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kedah, 08400 Merbok, Kedah
  • Azlyantiny Mohammad Faculty of Business Management, Universiti Teknolog
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24191/smrj.v18i2.14901

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the practices of social sustainability in selected Malaysian rural libraries. A qualitative approach was employed through the observations, interviews and reviews of documents related to the selected six (6) rural libraries involved in this study. This study concluded that all of the rural libraries involved in this study successfully implemented the social sustainability elements in their libraries.  



Keywords: rural libraries, social sustainability, qualitative method

Published
2021-08-20
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RAFIE, Siti Khadijah et al. SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES IN MALAYSIAN RURAL LIBRARIES. Social and Management Research Journal, [S.l.], v. 18, n. 2, p. 87-97, aug. 2021. ISSN 0128-1089. Available at: <https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/SMRJ/article/view/14901>. Date accessed: 21 may 2022. doi: https://doi.org/10.24191/smrj.v18i2.14901.
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