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WORKSHOP ON CATALOGUING OF MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS 28 th March 2007 IIUM Library at Kuantan facilitated by Balqis Suja’. Government documents are official publications that are produced at the expense of government body, including federal, state and local agencies
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WORKSHOP ON CATALOGUING OF MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS 28th March 2007 IIUM Library at Kuantan facilitated by Balqis Suja’
Government documents are • official publications that are • produced at the expense of • government body, including federal, • state and local agencies • the main source for report on a wide • range of issues and information • regarding economic, legal, and • political data. • issued by the government in the course • of its work and are often mandated by law
Types of documents, based on their functions: • legislative • administrative • reportorial • service • research, and; • informational
Publication formats • Monographs: a complete bibliographic unit or • textual information package in a single work • or collection that the state of issue is not • serial • Serials: A textual continuing resource in • print or non-print form, issued in successive • parts, usually having numerical or • chronological designations, and has no • predetermined conclusion. Within serials, • there are periodicals and non-periodical serials. • Audio-visuals: non-book and non-prints