Mohamad Rahimi Mohamad Rosman

• Doctor of Philosophy (Information Management)
• Ts. Inv. Dr. at MARA University of Technology

Over the years, libraries have spent a great amount of investment to subscribe to various digital resources such as online databases, electronic journals, electronic books and other digital resources. However, previous studies reported that the use of DL is underutilized; hence undermining its original purposes and making it harder for the librarie...

Digital library is no longer considered a lavish use of technology but rather a mandatory need for users, especially postgraduate students. Each year, public and academic libraries invest a lot of money to subscribe to various digital resources, such as online databases, electronic books, electronic journals, and electronic magazines. However, many...

Digital library engagement is the extensive use of digital library features and services. Contrary to the traditional concept of usage, DL engagement evaluates the use of an information system based on multiple dimensions; affective, cognitive, and behavioural. Presently, there is scarce evidence and research on the level of DL engagement. Lack of...

The rise of the novel coronavirus 2019 has shifted the roles of the education industry. Face-to-face has become a distant memory; students and educators are now heavily relying on digital communication. Applications such as Google Meet, Webex, Webinar, Stream Yard, Zoom, and many more have become the new norm among educators and students. However,...

The emergence of pandemic disease caused havoc throughout the countries. A disease like no other before, Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has affected most of the countries in the world, regardless of the nation's reputation. The danger of deadly infection has caused many governments to lockdown their countries, limiting access and freedom of move...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of articles covering various topics in social science, science and technology, literature, and product innovation. Each article is carefully selected and peer-reviewed by experts in the respective fields. This ensures that the content is of the highest quality and provides valuable insights into the latest d...

Bring your own device (BYOD) is defined as the practice that allow users to bring their private owned devices to organizations or institutions. BYOD bring benefits to both organizations and education sector in terms of cost efficient and productivity enhancement. However, there is a dearth of research on the determinant and impact of BYOD adoption...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of articles covering various topics in social science, science and technology, literature, and product innovation. Each article is carefully selected and peer-reviewed by experts in the respective fields. This ensures that the content is of the highest quality and provides valuable insights into the latest d...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of articlescovering various topics in social science, science andtechnology, literature, and product innovation. Eacharticle is carefully selected and peer-reviewed byexperts in the respective fields. This ensures that thecontent is of the highest quality and provides valuableinsights into the latest develop...

University facilities and student satisfaction are very important to meet the interests of both sides, whether the students or the responsible superiors. The study focuses more about students at the campus. University facilities and student satisfaction are important to foster a conducive learning environment. Well-equipped facilities such as libra...

Voting behavior is essential to support the democratic system since the people have the same opportunity to vote in the election. That is why political education should be started earlier, especially for the youth, so that they know the importance of participating in the election by casting a vote. However, it is reported that the turnout rate amon...

BYOD concept has been around for almost 30 years; however, the real importance of the concept has not been realized until recently. The re-emergence of BYOD concept is spearheaded by several factors; such as long pandemic of COVID-19, economic downturn, reduction of government and private fundings, political instability, and cross-border issues. Th...

Information security concerns is one of the most important issues faced by Malaysian Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs). The rise of cybersecurity threat especially in digital environment caused losses to Malaysian’s SMEs and preventing nationwide digitalization efforts. Thus, more efforts, services, and campaign are needed to revive the digital pl...

Learning management system is an information system specifically designed to manage the interaction between learners and educators. Education institutions throughout the world adopt different kinds of learning management system such as direct installation, open-source initiative, or customized version which are specifically tailored to the needs of...

The study on the adoption of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in education is increasingly significant, following the latest trend of using diverse technological devices for teaching and learning purposes in multiple environments. It is crucial to identify the factors that facilitate the implementation of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in schools and uni...

Waste management is one of the issues that seem like an unfinished business. Everyday communities as well as local district offices face multiple problems related to waste management – especially related to disposal, sustainability, collection schedule, lack of bins, and inefficient waste management. Thus, this study looks upon the dearth of empiri...

ChatGPT, known as Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer, is the AI tool that was created by OpenAI that uses natural language processing to simulate real-time conversations with humans. The use of ChatGPT nowadays has increased in several years. ChatGPT has the potential to raise the level of student work significantly. It may benefit students in...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of articlescovering various topics in social science, science andtechnology, literature, and product innovation. Eacharticle is carefully selected and peer-reviewed byexperts in the respective fields. This ensures that thecontent is of the highest quality and provides valuableinsights into the latest develop...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of articlescovering various topics in social science, science andtechnology, literature, and product innovation. Eacharticle is carefully selected and peer-reviewed byexperts in the respective fields. This ensures that thecontent is of the highest quality and provides valuableinsights into the latest develop...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of articlescovering various topics in social science, science andtechnology, literature, and product innovation. Eacharticle is carefully selected and peer-reviewed byexperts in the respective fields. This ensures that thecontent is of the highest quality and provides valuableinsights into the latest develop...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of articlescovering various topics in social science, science andtechnology, literature, and product innovation. Eacharticle is carefully selected and peer-reviewed byexperts in the respective fields. This ensures that thecontent is of the highest quality and provides valuableinsights into the latest develop...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of articles covering various topics in social science, science and technology, literature, and product innovation. Each article is carefully selected and peer-reviewed by experts in the respective fields. This ensures that the content is of the highest quality and provides valuable insights into the latest d...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of articlescovering various topics in social science, science andtechnology, literature, and product innovation. Eacharticle is carefully selected and peer-reviewed byexperts in the respective fields. This ensures that thecontent is of the highest quality and provides valuableinsights into the latest develop...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of articlescovering various topics in social science, science andtechnology, literature, and product innovation. Eacharticle is carefully selected and peer-reviewed byexperts in the respective fields. This ensures that thecontent is of the highest quality and provides valuableinsights into the latest develop...

The study aims to research the involvement of University Technology of Mara female students in online shopping, and a better understanding of the roles of trust, convenience, and customer service for female consumers. A proposed conceptual model began to incorporate new components into the theory of reasoned action (TRA), particularly trust, conven...

The guidebook serves as guidance for the participant of the Virtual Innovation Competition 2024, digitally organised by DIGIT360 in collaboration with Digital Information Interest Group (DIGIT), and Information Science Studies, College of Computing, Informatics and Mathematic, Universiti Teknologi MARA Kelantan Branch.

This book is a comprehensive compilation of articlescovering various topics in social science, science andtechnology, literature, and product innovation. Eacharticle is carefully selected and peer-reviewed byexperts in the respective fields. This ensures that thecontent is of the highest quality and provides valuableinsights into the latest develop...

This book is a compilation of articles (Volume 7)produced by the participants who joined the inaugural International Research Information Science Expo 2023is organized by Information Science Studies, College of Computing, Informatics, and Media, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kelantan Branch, DIGIT360,and Digital Information Interest Group (DIGIT...

It is our pleasure to present the proceedings of the 1st Glocal Symposium on Information and Social Sciences (GSISS) 2023 organized by School of Information Science, College of Computing, Informatics & Mathematics, UiTM Kelantan Branch, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Policy Studies, Faculty of Law, and Perpustakaan Tengku Anis in collaborat...

Cybercriminals engage in illicit actions and purposefully exploit weaknesses in computer systems, networks, and users' information for personal benefits. Their activities are unethical by definition since they violate the ideals of privacy, integrity, and honesty. Ethical behaviour considers the repercussions of one's actions, respect the rights an...

After Malaysia has amended the eligible voting age in this country, the literacy in politics among teenagers is regarded as significant matter. This is due to the concern that the future of the country is at the hands of this group of voters as they became the largest proportion of voters in Malaysia. In 2019, eligible voting age is lowered from 21...

This book is a compilation of articles (Volume 6) produced by the participants who joined the Virtual Innovation Competition 2023 (VIC23). The event has been virtually contested from March to July 2023 and is organized by DIGIT360 and Digital Information Interest Group (DIGIT), in collaboration with Information Science Studies, College of Computing...

This book is a compilation of articles (Volume 5) produced by the participants who joined the Virtual Innovation Competition 2023 (VIC23). The event has been virtually contested from March to July 2023 and is organized by DIGIT360 and Digital Information Interest Group (DIGIT), in collaboration with Information Science Studies, College of Computing...

The organization's talent needs for the next five years are a translation of the strategy, and a reflection of the organization's vision and mission, taking into account internal demands as well as external demands. Quality aspects included in determining talent needs include knowledge and skills obtained from experience, competence, and personalit...

Over the years, libraries spent million to subscribe to digital library resources. However, recent studies show that the usage of digital library resources is underutilized. Subsequently, the negative feedback on digital library engagement can be associated with the issue of user deterrence from engaging themselves with the online resources provide...

Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) is a phenomenon whereby an employee brings their own computing devices to work with them and use them in addition to or instead of company-supplied devices. BYOD helps organization to cut cost and improve the utilization of organizational resources. However, the impacts and phenomenon of BYOD is still unknown and scarce...

Waste management is an effort to systematically managing the disposal of household or individual waste. In 2020 scheduled waste in Malaysia increases by 7.5% to a total of 4.0 million tons. Intriguingly, recent statistics also indicated that Malaysia imported 872,531 tons of plastic waste. Besides, the pandemic of Novel Coronavirus 2019 increases t...

Readiness Index Predictors will be developed to predict the level of an individual’s productivity as a result of adopting bring-your-own-device (BYOD) concept. This predictor is capable of helping institutions to plan their BYOD strategies in preparing their users in BYOD implementation. For the purpose of determining the predictors and impacts of...

This book is a compilation of articles (Volume 4) produced by the participants who joined the International Invention, Innovation And Design Competition 2023. The International Invention, Innovation And Design Competition 2023 (i3DC) is organized by Kolej Vokasional Tanah Merah, DIGIT360, Universiti Teknologi MARA Kelantan Branch, in collaboration...

span lang="EN-US">Postgraduate education is the highest education structure in all countries across global. In Malaysia, postgraduate education is usually pursued by several candidates, such as academicians, professionals, and motivated junior learners. As such, one of the requirements of postgraduate education is to have a publication as a mandato...

The guidebook serves as guidance for the participant of the Virtual Innovation Competition 2023, digitally organised by DIGIT360 in collaboration with Digital Information Interest Group (DIGIT), and Information Science Studies, College of Computing, Informatics and Media, Universiti Teknologi MARA Kelantan Branch.

This book is a compilation of articles (Volume 3) produced by the participants who joined the Virtual Innovation Competition 2022 3rd Edition (VIC22).

This book is a compilation of articles (Volume 2) produced by the participants who joined the Virtual Innovation Competition 2022 3rd Edition (VIC22).

EduAssist is a system that is designed to assist university students in arranging their daily work and time as a student. This system allows users, which are students and lecturers, to upload materials that students require for their studies, such as self-notes, their routine activities information, and any important dates. There are still many uni...

Referencing competencies are the knowledge, skills, and ability to effectively managing individual's reference sources. The importance of referencing competencies has been widely regarded in the literature. However, there is a scarcity of research focusing on referencing competencies; research is focusing on general competencies of users. Therefore...

This book is a compilation of articles produced by the participants who joined the Virtual Innovation Competition 2022 3rd Edition (VIC22). The event has been virtually contested from September to November 2022. It is organized by DIGIT360 and Digital Information Interest Group (DIGIT), in collaboration with the College of Computing, Informatics, a...

Reference competency is the ability, skills, and knowledge to properly write, interpret, and communicate referencing styles and standards. Reference competency is an important predictor of individual impacts such as performance, satisfaction, and net benefits. Thus, CiteGuru mobile application was developed as an effort to improve the ability, skil...

Student entrepreneurship positioning is very important especially on the issues of graduate employability. However, knowledge on the factors affecting this dependent variable is still scarce especially from the context od universities. Therefore, we conducted a quantitative study to investigate the interrelationship between Individual Self-Confiden...

Mental health is one of the crucial psychological well-being traits of the society nowadays. Due to pandemic of Novel Coronavirus 2019, many industries and sectors were forced to shift their service delivery, and that including educational institutions. The sudden closing of educational institutions forced academician, management, and students to m...

Women nowadays is considered as one of the driving forces of market penetration and market growth. Their purchasing power constitute more than half of the business turnover in recent years. The increasing number of women shoppers indicate the trust towards online transaction. These new trends warrant for further exploration of the topic especially...

Knowledge sharing is the extent of individual's willingness to share their expertise, experiences, and knowledge to immediate others. Knowledge sharing is regarded as crucial research topic that encompass multiple research fields such as Information System, Business and Management, and Social Sciences. Nowadays, social media play the role as enable...

The pandemic of Novel Coronavirus 2019 has seen tremendous increase on the e-learning platform in the entire world, including Malaysia. The sudden movement from face-to-face interaction to virtual platform cause several problems such as mental stress, insufficient facilities, boredom, and inaccessible connection especially to those already deprived...

Higher education is one of the institutions that have been widely recognized as major contributors to sustainable economic growth. In the global world today, changes occur frequently from time to time, and it has become more difficult to keep up with current trends. Through the process of educational studies from higher educational universities, pe...

BYOD is defined as the act of bringing your own gadget, facilities, or device to the organization or institution. The concept of BYOD has spread almost to many sectors, especially in education, due to a shortage of financial resources in the aftermath of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 pandemic. BYOD is a helpful concept in face-to-face education by giv...

This publication gathered the proceedings of the International Academic Symposium of Social Science 2022 (IASSC2022) held on 3 July 2022 in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. The conference was jointly organized by the Faculty of Information Management of Universiti Teknologi MARA Kelantan Branch, Malaysia; the Digital Information Interest Group (DIGI...

Library E-Services is the collection of online databases, electronic journals, electronic books, and online repositories that are accessible through online interactivity. Research on library e-services has gained momentum since the start of 2020 due to the emergency of Novel Coronavirus 2019. Thus, this study follows the recent trends by investigat...

Perceived Engagement is defined as the extensive use of learning management system services, features, and capabilities. In the wake of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), studies show that there is an increase in user engagement level towards learning management systems, especially among tertiary education. Perceived engagement extends the pr...

Digital library engagement can be defined as the extensive usage of the services, functions, and tools provided by the digital library (DL). Although many instruments have been developed to measure digital library usage, however, the instruments were only measuring a limited aspect of usage, such as behavioral perspective. Therefore, the aim of...

Event management is a multi-billion industry that was greatly hampered by the pandemic of COVID-19. The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic saw many players go out of business, facing liquidation, or cease of operation. Thus, there is growing interest in the need to identify the critical success factors for organizing events in the aftermath of the...

This study investigated the implementation of the occupational safety and health (OSH) risk management system, known as the Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control (HIRARC), in small-medium enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia. Specifically, the implementation of the HIRARC system’s challenges and weaknesses faced by SMEs were investigate...

A consultation is an act of discussing a certain issue between two or more parties. Consultation is considered very important especially in the context of higher education. The Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has shifted the education paradigm into digital dependency, including consultation management between students and academicians. H...

Emergency remote teaching (ERT) has been put into practice as a response to the global education crisis. Open and distance learning (ODL) has become a choice in executing the ERT requirement. Unfortunately, inadequate training, insufficient digital skills knowledge and little preparation have posed new experiences and challenges, especially account...

Digital competency is the ability of an individual to successfully navigate through the abundance of digital information available on the Internet. Coincidently, the rise of digital competency leads to the significant importance of referencing competency, which is the knowledge, skills, and ability to properly manage digital resources. However, muc...

A knowledge management system is required to ultimately enable an organization to realize its knowledge management objectives. The organization has several issues with this system, including deciding whether to adopt it or not, and, in the latter case, whether users would accept working with it. This study aims to determine the impact of human beha...

Organizing an event requires tedious and repetitive activities. In the aftermath of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 pandemic, the face-to-face event has been replaced by a digital event. One of the events that have been transformed into a digital platform is the innovation exhibition. Event organizer heavily relying on various integrated information sys...

Novel Coronavirus 2019 or COVID-19 has shifted the traditional face-to-face interaction into digital interaction, whereby people are meeting through online; education is no longer confined within the four walls of the classroom. Subsequently, this transformation also affected the service delivery provided by the library. Recent studies show that th...

The pandemic of Novel Coronavirus 2020 has shifted and transformed several industries: including educational institutions. Universities and schools were forced to turn into online education to continue the learning process. Several information systems were adopted such as a learning management system, video conferencing, google classroom, etc. Howe...

Peranan teknologi telah mengubah kehidupan rakyat Malaysia terutamanya golongan muda yang dikatakan begitu berdamping dengan teknologi iaitu internet. Media baru adalah salah satu medium yang berfungsi untuk mempengaruhi dan mendidik masyarakat yang mampu memberi impak kepada senario politik negara. Sejak pilihan raya ke 10 lagi di Malaysia, penggu...

Competency is the ability to perform a task efficiently and effectively. One of the necessary skills students need is writing, understanding, and formatting the references section of their work. However, knowledge of this competency is nonexistent or unknown in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS). Therefore, the purpose of this study...

Referencing competency is the capability to effectively and efficiently managing sources of literature that enable forward and backward searching of the articles. Referencing competency enable easier access to the literature, ensure the integrity of publication and fostering academic discussion on a higher level. Nowadays, many tools, style, and te...

Oral history is a method of performing historical research through documented interviews between a narrator and a well-informed interviewer with personal knowledge of historically significant events. Oral history knowledge is unique as it shares its primary form, the tacit perspective, thoughts, views and understanding of the interviewee (Nkala & D...

This book is a compilation of articles produced by the participants who joined the Virtual Innovation Competition 2021 (VIC 2021). The event has been virtually contested from June to September 2021 and is organized by Association of Information Scientists (AIS), Digital Information Interest Group (DIGIT), Research, Industry & Alumni Division, Unive...

This book is a compilation of articles produced by the participants who joined the Virtual Innovation Competition 2020 (VIC 2021). The event has been virtually contested from June to September 2021 and is organized by Association of Information Scientists (AIS), Digital Information Interest Group (DIGIT), Research, Industry & Alumni Division, Unive...

Referencing competency is the knowledge, skills, and ability to properly cited the references by using various citation styles, software and have ability to share information with other people. Competency is important in academic life where it can prevent user from doing plagiarism in their work. Knowledge, Skills, & Ability (KSA) Predictors of Ref...

Malaysia is undeniably struggling with waste management issues. A summary report of Waste Management in Asian Countries published by The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) indicated a projected urban waste generation in some ASEAN countries. Based on the projection, by 2025 Malaysia will finish on the second place with highest Kg per capit...

This web application system is based on the Pregnancy Check-up Book (Pink Book) under Malaysian Health Government which allow periodic health check when a user's pregnancy is confirmed. Both mothers' and babies' health will be taken care of by the trained staff at health clinics and hospitals. This system presents the purpose of the current version...

Handling innovation competition requires a rigid and comprehensive process, especially related to result management. For years, event organizer relies on a free solutions such as Microsoft Excel, Google Form, offline evaluation, etc. Thus, the i-Jury Management System (i-Jury) was developed to improve the efficiency and speed of result management....

Handling an event requires a repetitive and complex task, from initial preparation until its conclusion. One of the important elements in an innovation event is the jurying process. The jurying process usually involves tasks with higher priority and must be completed in a limited duration, usually within 4 to 5 days. The inexistence of inexpensive...

Citation is one of the crucial elements in writing, especially writing an academic publication. Citation provides references to relevant documents, as well as evidence for any arguments. APA Engine: reenergized is an innovation in order to help users to create quality and accurate citation.

Handling events require a tedious task, often involves much argument and repetitive action that if left unmanaged can lead to altercation, stress, and depression. Since the start of Novel Coronavirus 2019, many industries have been transformed from face-to-face operations into virtual business platforms. However, sudden transformation raises the is...

Open access research can accelerate the process of discovery and translation of research to benefit the public by sharing results with other researchers in a timely manner. This paper aims to analyse citation data on open access and study the range of article processing charges (APC) for journal open access in Scopus. This study applies bibliometri...

Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has shifted the educational landscape for the past year. Face-to-face interaction has become a distant memory. It signals the emergence of digital landscape with the dependency on online distance learning (ODL) application such as Google Meet, WebEx, Zoom, and Microsoft Team. The dependencies on this software raise...

Referencing competency is the knowledge, skills, and ability to use, edit, and disseminate different types of referencing standards and referencing software. Referencing competency helps to improve the quality of publication through proper citation and references. However, there is a scarcity of knowledge on the level of impact of referencing compe...

The utilization of library e-services is a major concern, especially among practitioners. The emergence of Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has increased the dependency on library e-services, such as online databases, electronic books, electronic journals, etc. Moreover, the movement control order (MCO), as well as the rising cases of COVID-19, ha...

The effect of COVID-19 causes a lot of stress to the communities, especially to the education industry. Educators and students were forced to embark on the unknown territory through the open distance learning (ODL) initiative. Lack of Internet facilities, poor infrastructure, slow devices, and abundance of works cause a lot of stress to the student...

The purpose of this study is to investigate digital library engagement concerning its impacts and determinants. The study was carried out using a quantitative approach in five universities. A theoretical model was developed and several hypotheses were formulated. Three groups of determinants (technological, individual, and contextual) were hypothes...

A rostrum is a raised surface for delivering speeches and organizing an event. The importance of rostrum can never be denied. Rostrum ensures a certain focal point during the process of event management. Moreover, rostrum assists the speaker by providing the space for speech notes, laptop, and other essentials supporting materials. However, there i...

Point-of-Sale (POS) system is an automation system that helps companies in managing their business transaction such as purchasing, inventory management, and product movements. In the context of Malaysian market, the small and medium enterprise (SME) is the highest users of the POS system. In line with the government policy, it is a mandatory for th...

Rostrum is a raised surface where individuals usually deliver a speech or officiated opening or closing ceremony. It is an important medium for any occasions. However, prior research shows that several problems are associated with the aspect of the rostrum, such as (1) design, (2) portability, (3) price, (4) functionality, and (5) storage capabilit...