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Question: Where can I get more on Bahasa Iban materials such as books or any e-book that is related to it? Regarding Iban books/reading materials, is there any list of publishers that we can refer to so that we can arrange for school library purchase.

Answer: Pustaka Negeri Sarawak is a centre for excellence for Sarawakiana. Sarawakiana refers to information resources especially published information and materials about Sarawak. Pustaka Negeri Sarawak will buy all available publication related to Iban. You can always refer to Pustaka Negeri Sarawak collection which can be search via Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) at https://pustaka.librarynet.com.my/Angka.sa2/pustaka/OpacBasicSearch.htm?mobile=true. You may also can refer to our Sarawakiana Division, Depository Services Sector and our reference librarians at statedepository@sarawak.gov.my.

According to Sarawak State Library Ordinance, 1999 as stated under Section 15, to enforce the statutory provision of the Legal Deposit which all publication published in Sarawak compulsory deposited to Pustaka Negeri Sarawak. So if the Iban books published in Sarawak, the publisher and author must deposit it to Pustaka Negeri Sarawak to ensure the book is available at Pustaka Negeri Sarawak. If the Iban books been published somewhere else in Malaysia or other countries, Pustaka Negeri Sarawak will try to buy them to enrich our Sarawakiana collection.

Regarding the list, can contact the Malaysian Books Publishers Association (MABOPA) (https://www.mabopa.com.my/about) to get more information about publishers who publish books in the Iban language. Local universities such as Unimas Publisher (https://www.publisher.unimas.my/index.php/download/book-catalog) and Curtin University Malaysia also publish Iban language books.

(Source: TUAN HAJI JAPRI BUJANG MASLI, PUSTAKA NEGERI SARAWAK (PRESENTER FOR SAL.co2023), 18 Sep 2023)

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