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1.0 ORIGINALWRITINGS
1.1 Original writings, whether academic or general, are
published tomeet the needs of the educational process,
portray the fields of expertise of the authors, determine
the specific niches of the University as well as for the
general benefit of the society.
1.2 All USIM employees, whether academic or non-
academic, can publish their original writings with USIM
Publisher. Publication rights are also given to books co-
authored with external authors (non-USIM’s employee).
USIM Publisher also publishes suitable manuscripts
from external authors endorsed by the Committee of
Publicationat theUniversity level.
2.0 APPLICATIONFORPUBLICATION
2.1 Authors who intend to publish their original writings
with USIM Publisher must submit two (2) copies of the
manuscript in the printed form and one (1) soft copy
via CD/diskette/e-mail, together with the manuscript
submission docket, which is downloadable from the
USIM’s website (penerbit.usim.edu.my). USIMPublisher
reserves the right to reject any incomplete copies
of manuscript submitted. The manuscript should be
submitted to:
USIMPublisher
PublicationDivision
Universiti Sains IslamMalaysia
Bandar BaruNilai
71800Nilai, Negeri Sembilan.
3.0 MANUSCRIPTPREPARATION
3.1 Authors need to ensure that the manuscript submitted
is complete. A manuscript can only be considered as
completewhen it meets the requirement and structure of
a book. Generally, a book consists of three main parts,
namely the frontmatter (preliminaries), bodymatter (text)
andbackmatter.Thus, it is the responsibilityof theauthor
to ensure that his manuscript consists of all these three
parts.
GUIDELINES
Developing anOriginalWriting
a.
The Front Matter (Prelims) consists of the book’s
title, dedication page, table of content, list of
illustrations, list of tables, information about
the authors/contributors, epigraph, chronology,
preface, introduction, acknowledgement, and
abbreviation of symbols. Each page should be
numbered consecutively using the lower case
Roman numerals (i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi and soon).
b.
The Body Matter (Text) is the textual content
of a book that consists of parts, chapters and
subchapters. Each page of the text should be
numbered consecutively using theArabic numerals
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and so on).
c.
The Back Matter is the supporting materials that
are referred to by the author for the reader to have
a better understanding of the text. It should be
arrangedaccording to the followingorder:
a.
The author’s brief biography (if any);
b.
Appendix (if any);
c.
Notes (if any);
d.
List of Terminologies (if any);
e.
Glossary (if any);
f.
Bibliography (if any);
g.
Index (must be provided).
3.2 In preparing the manuscript, the use of capital letters,
italics, punctuationmarks, numbering system, acronyms,
spellingandgrammar shouldpreferably follow theDewan
Style (GayaDewan). Footnotes should follow the system
as specified in USIM’s Handbook on Academic Writing.
Malay and English manuscript should be written using
Ariel font sizes 11 for the text and 9 for footnotes. Arabic
manuscript shouldbewrittenusingTraditionalArabic font
sizes 16 for the text and 12 for footnotes.
3.3 Authors writing in the fields of science, technology and
engineering should ensure uniformity and consistency
in the use of terminologies, units of measurement and
dimension, symbols, mathematical formula, technical
signs and others. The use of these terminologies should
follow the standards as specifiedby theDewanStyle.
3.4 Authors writing on Islamic fieldmust adopt theUthmanic
Style (RasmUthmani) in writing Quranic verses (if any),
andshouldemploy the latest religious terminologiesused
in Islam.
3.5 Ideally, the text layout of the manuscript should be set
at the beginning of its preparation based on the following
format:
a.
The title of a chapter: It can be written either in
capital letters, or in a combination of upper and
lower case letters using a suitable font type size.
It can be placed either at the centre of a page, or
aligned to the left or right.
