Japri Bujang Masli
Japri Bujang Masli
Education
He attended primary educatioan at SK Semariang in 1974. After that he attended SMK Tunku Abdul Rahman for his lower secondary education and proceeded into Kolej Datu Patinggi Abang Haji Abdillah in the year 1983-1984.
He holds a BSc. in Genetics from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and a Post Graduate Diploma in Library Science from Institut Teknologi Mara. He also attended the University of Manchester for a certificate in Effective Library Information Systems.
Career
His first position in the civil service was as Penolong Pegawai Perpustakaan at Institut Teknologi Mara, Semariang Campus in 1994. In 1996 he joined Universiti Malaysia Sarawak as a Librarian. In November 1999 he joined Pustaka Negeri Sarawak until now.
Areas of Interest
He is currently in charge of operations and his other areas on interest include:
- Bibliotherapy – use of reading materials to help someone feels better or even cure anxiety, stress and other psychological conditions.
- Reference work – research, search strategy, reference resources planning and management.
- Reading promotion – motivation, early reading program, home library program and Bookshare initiative.
- Advocacy – professional association, Persatuan Pustakawan Malaysia Kumpulan Sarawak, blogging, content advocacy and strategic collaborations.
- Intellectual property rights – copyrights, patent, geographical indication, trade mark and fair use.
