The objectives of this project are to have ASEAN Member States National Libraries be part
of a prototype platform that provides users with a seamless way to search for, and to gain
access to, the wealth of digitised library materials held by them. NL-AP will bring together
the metadata of organizations across ASEAN Member States to make it searchable from a
single online platform. NL-AP also helps to showcase your country materials to other
countries, to improve knowledge exchange and cultural understanding and publish your
metadata in a friendly way. NL-AP also builds relationships between digital teams across the
Asia-Pacific region in particular, the ASEAN Member States. In this context, National
Library of Malaysia will contribute their key online collections which were copyright cleared
and hence suitable for sharing via the ASEAN Digital Library platform. The metadata records
will be send on a six (6) monthly basis for ingestion to the ADL system. The official launch
of the pilot ASEAN Digital Library, including the metadata from five (5) ASEAN National
Libraries is targeted to be held between October to December 2015. The ASEAN Digital
Library is expected to be completed in 2016.