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9th CDNLAO Meeting: Thailand Country Report
Update on the National Library of Thailand
Mrs Suwakhon Siriwongworawat, Director
Library Administration
(1) Library Organisational Structure
| Library Councils/Associations/Foundations | 1 | |
| Public Libraries | 850 | |
| Academic Libraries | 99 | |
| Special/private Libraries | 147 |
Selection Profile
- Unique Collections/Rare Collections
- Unique collection contains Thai traditional books (Paper manuscripts)
- Rare collections contain the rare editions of books published in Thailand and foreign countries dating back as far as 1836 - Bibliographies and Indexes Published
- Thai National Bibliography
Infrastructure
- Dedicated Library Networks in the country
- THAI NATIS Sec, Thai National Information System Secretariate (National Library)
- AGRI, Agriculture Information Network Center (Kasetsart University Library)
- MED, Medical Information Network Center (Mahidol University Library)
- HUMAN, Humanities Information Network Center (National Library)
- S&T, Science and Technology Information Network Center (Library, Dept. of Science Service)
- ECO, Economics Information Network Center (Library and Information Network Centre)
- SOC, Social Sciences Information Network Center (Library, National Institute of Development Administration)
Services
- National Bibliographic (Agency) Services
- National Library of Thailand - Digital Library Services
- Chulalongkorn University - Inter-library loan and Exchange services
- NLT acts as a liaison centre for exchange and interlibrary loan among 43 leading libraries
Training
- Number of Professional Librarians - 1,500
- Number of Library training schools - 90
Copyright
- Number of Copyright Clearance Centres - 1
Institutional Survey
General Information
| Year founded | 1905 | |
| Parent Body | Fines Arts Dept. Ministry of Education | |
| Mission statement | To collect and preserve library resources in Thailand | |
| History of Library | Established by King Chulalongkorn of Siam since Oct. 12 | |
| Opening hours | 9.00am - 7.30pm - Mondays - Sundays Public Holidays - Closed |
Staffing
| Officer-in-Charge | Mrs Suwakhon Siriwongworawat | |
| Designation | Director | |
| Email Address | suwakir@emisc.moe.go.th | |
| Key Officers | Mrs Siriporn Chiruppa | |
| Staff profile | 80 qualified librarians | |
| 45 graduates without library qualifications | ||
| 76 para-professionals | ||
| 117 support staff |
Users and Facilities
| Users | Open to: Public/Private/Organisations | |
| Facilities for Public Use | Seating capacity - 1,500 | |
| Discussion rooms - 2 | ||
| Multimedia Rooms - 1 | ||
| OPAC terminals - 16 | ||
| Training Rooms - 2 | ||
| Multimedia/Internet/AV Stations/Highband with stations - 8 | ||
| Photocopiers, Colour photocopiers, microfilm readers, printers/scanners - 56 | ||
| Microfilm Readers - 11 |
Library Services
| Inter-library loans | Available to local and overseas libraries | |
| Document Delivery | Public/Organisations/Private Individuals | |
| Local/Overseas | ||
| Delivery Channels (Email/Fax/Mail) | ||
| Charges: Postage fee: Postage $20 for 1st 10 pages and $25 for subsequent 10 pages |
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| Routine library programmes | Literacy programs | |
| Exhibitions | ||
| Electronic databases and Online searching | End user searching available for databases such
as: LLSA, ERIC, MULTIMEDIA CD-ROM |
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| In-house produced indexes | Newspapers and periodicals indexes Book indexes |
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| Co-operative Online Projects | THAI NATIS | |
| Other Information Services | ISSN, ISBN | |
| Subject Coverage | All subjects | |
| Collection strength | Rare books, Manuscripts, Humanities Collections | |
| Classification system used | Dewey Decimal Classification | |
| Information on databases | Total no. of records - 208,003 | |
| Collection statistics | Books (vols) - 2,779,223 Books (titles) - 344,922 Serials (titles) - 5,562 Serials (vols) - 70,548 CD-ROMs databases - 400 AV materials (titles) - 700,318 Microforms (titles) - 6,656 Microfilms (reels) - 2,028 Microfiche (pieces) - 10,557 Others: Maps - 3,774 |
Computerisation
| Application Software | MS-WORD, MS-EXCEL, PHOTOSHOP | |
| Integrated Library System | 1992 - Year implemented for current
model 1992 - Computerised Cataloguing (year) 1992 - Computerised Indexing (year) 1992 - Online Oublic Access Catalogue 1995 - BRS |
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| Vendors | EPIXTECH | |
| Hardware specs | IBM Risc/6000 Model H70 | |
| URL of Web OPAC | http://www.natlib.moe.go.th |
Publications
| Serials publications | ISSN-SEA Bulletin, Thai National Bibliography |
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Thursday 13-Nov-2003 |