KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 (Bernama) -- More than a century's worth of knowledge and information on tropical forest biodiversity and science from the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) is now accessible worldwide through its digital repository, the FRIM Research Depository (FRED).
FRIM's Century-Old Library Collection Now Accessible Online
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FRIM's century-old library collection is now accessible online through FRED, offering 160,244 metadata records and 77,600 digital files.
- FRED, operational since last year, has 2,885 annual user accesses on average.
- The library, established before 1918, holds 200,000 reference materials on forestry.
- FRIM's collection contributes to its UNESCO World Heritage Site recognition.
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