%A Siew Kong Siaw %O A Final Year Project submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Project and Facility Management with Honours %T Maintenance management practices at Sabah State Library Headquarters %X The deterioration of assets or facilities far beyond their expected life are because lack of maintenance being carried out after completed built up or during the period in which the assets or facilities operating. Therefore, this study is aim to explore the effectiveness of maintenance management practices in the building. All the process of this study is carried out at Sabah State Library (SSL) Headquarters. The research instrument is applied in this study that is the questionnaire form to collect data from the respondents. A total of 83 respondents involved in this questionnaire, of which 53 respondents were from the employees of SSL Headquarters while another 30 respondents were the visitors of SSL Headquarters. Besides, semi-structured interview also has been adopted in this study with two officers of SSL Headquarters. In doing so, it is to gain an in-depth understanding into maintenance management practices at SSL Headquarters. The findings shows a very encouraging results on the effectiveness of maintenance management practices at SSL Headquarters. Due to there are only minor defect factors existed instead of major defect factors. But, there are still a room of improvement to avoid major defect factors occur. As a result, recommendations are provided for continuous improvement. In short, it can be concluded that the research objectives have been achieved in this study. (Abstract by author) %D 2021 %K Bachelor of Science in Project and Facility Management , Final Year Project Paper , Deterioration, Assets, Project paper, Maintenance Management, Sabah State Library (SSL) Headquarters, Defect , BPFM , Project paper %I Open University Malaysia %L library_repository1433