MIRI: Pustaka Miri is organising its 7th Sarawak Local Content 
Competition and secondary schools in the city and its surrounding areas 
are invited to send in teams.
Initiated in 2008, the competition 
is to encourage students to learn the correct and proper techniques of 
locating and gathering information in order to create a complete and 
comprehensive project paper or report.
“The skills of planning, 
collecting, recording, analysing, interpreting, synthesising, 
summarising as well as presenting the information are crucial and vital 
especially for students who will need to do so in higher learning or 
tertiary level,” said Sofina Tan, Pustaka Miri’s public relation officer
 yesterday.
Students who participate in the competition will be taught and guided by professionals who consist of lecturers and librarians.
They
 will be exposed to printed and non-printed information resources which 
will enable them to do research on local contents such as history, 
relics, indigenous communities, cultures, socio-economics and other 
topics.
This is done by participating in the Information Literacy 
Skills Programme organised by Pustaka Miri in line with the competition.
A
 different topic or subject is chosen every year and this year’s subject
 is on ‘Local Figures of Sarawak’s Northern Region’ whereby the 
participants, in groups, need to identify and choose a local figure who 
has made significant contributions to the community, city or country 
either socio-economically, politically or in other ways deemed 
appropriate.
The best team will bring home a cash prize of RM1,000
 and certificates of achievement while other teams that complete their 
projects will receive RM200 cash and certificates.
Further 
information can be obtained through the library’s official website at 
www.pustaka-sarawak.com or call librarians Ahmad Samsudin or Lilian Baun
 Pulo before Feb 9 at 085-422525 or email to ahmads1@sarawak.gov.my or 
lilianbp@sarawak.gov.my .
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