https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/57572 2026-04-15T13:23:46Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/57687 Title: Typing Maltese characters Abstract: Those pioneers who invented our Maltese orthography never knew what a Pandora's box they had created. Those of us who spend a considerable part of our time on a computer keyboard know from hard experience the difficulties encountered in writing Maltese. Typing Maltese can easily take twice as long as typing the same message in English. The reason is the lack of user-friendliness of keyboard and software. Even with the recent facilities provided with the popular fonts such as Times New Roman or Aria!, one often has to press three keys at a time to produce letters like C,G H,or Z. The alternative seems to be the use of dedicated keys which lie at awkward positions on the keyboard, necessitating visual control, with consequent loss of time and efficiency. 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/57686 Title: Poems Abstract: This document provides two poems, Ode to the Isle of Calypso by Maurice Qullinan and Jintemm hawnhekk ix-xaghri by J.W. Psaila. 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/57683 Title: Mini-medicine in Gozo Abstract: For the second year running, the University of Malta, Gozo Centre has organised a·series of lectures on the basis of medicine. The course, organised and given by Professor M.N.Cauchi has been quite popular and attracted an audience of 35-40 persons on each occasion. 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/57682 Title: Book profile : The placenames of the coast of Gozo Abstract: This is an unusual book. It's main purpose is to bring together under one cover, a collection of place-names that relate to the coast of Gozo. It is, however, more than that. In starts with a brief description of Maltese history including language and dialects of Malta and Gozo. It goes into a detailed discussion about the origin of the word,Gozo, and reviews some of the work relating to descriptions of Gozo over the centuries. 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z