Thai Higher Education Library Consortium and Resource Sharing

Thai Higher Education Library Consortium and

Resource Sharingby

Dr.Sumate YamnoonFormer Secretary-General

for The Commission on Higher Education, Thailand

Distribution of Higher Institutionin Thailand, 1993

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Higher Education: Equal Opportunity

Distribution of Higher Education Institutions in Provinces and Bangkok Metropolitan, Imbalance in Access to:• Infrastructure for Higher Education

Support• Learning Resources • Human Resources

Higher Education : Equal Opportunity

For provincial Universities in 1993• Main Library or Central Library was the

only Education Resource for Learning and research

• Less developed and far-reaching environment enforced those universities to unionized

PULINET• PULINET was a collaborative project

among 12 provincial university authorities. The project was approved at the meeting of Regional University Presidents Meeting in 1985• Aims for sharing of education resources

and Inter-Library Loan among its members.

PULINETIn 1993 provincial university presidents submitted the resolution to create Provincial University Library Network (PULINET) and called for support from the Ministry of University affairs (now the office of Higher Education Commission) funding cost: baht 143.5 million or about US 4.3 million

THAILINETAt the same period of time, Thai Library Network Metropolitan (THAILINET) was created by Bangkok Metropolitan Universities with the same concept as PULINET. THAILINET provides the sharing of education resources among universities in Bangkok and Metropolitan.

Ministry of University Affairs has launched UniNet as Academic and Research Integrated Network providing information and communication technology infrastructure accessible by all Universities across the country in 1995

ThaiLISThe government decided to Combine PULINET and THAILINET to Thai Library Integrated System or ThaiLIS and operated under UniNet.

ThaiLIS aims• To develop an automated library system using

modern information technology• To develop ICT network to all university

libraries providing a comprehensive information services and effective resource sharing.

• To enhance the university libraries function as a center of learning and information, facilitate human resource development in higher education.

UniNet Framework: Self Learning Center and Sharing Education Resource

Union Catalog

Thai Digital Collection

Reference Database

Automation Library Software Development

Thai Academic Reference Database

1.Union Catalog Index database of 24 universities/institutes with over 2

million current entries and can be accessed in http://uc.thailis.or.th/

Operated under the MARC Standardization Committee upgraded to Inter Library Loan: ILL or Union Circulation

to allow members in taking service of ThaiLIS like library they are membered.

The members can search all information by one-stop visit via Internet. Now it is opened for academics and interested people to visit anytime

Fulltext collection more than 323,608 fulltext files located at 167 libraries in Thailand

Operated under the Metadata Duplin Core Standardization Committee

Access by Web based Thai Digital collection Information as (http://tdc.thailis.or.th)

(data update Sep2013)

2. Thai Digital collection

2. Thai Digital collection• Integrated search of digitized

information : –Theses & Dissertations–Research–Journal Articles–Rare books –E-books

• The system opens for general public

3. Reference Databaseconsortium subscription of academic journal

Strengthening purchasing & negotiation power

centralized purchasing, budget supported by government

Co-purchasing Consortia, for those Universities in specialized fields of education, budget supported by universities

Negotiations for the free trial to all university

HW. Willson

ABI/Inform Complete

ISI (Web of Science)

ScienceDirect

IEEE• ACM Digital Library

• SpringerLink online Journal

• Computer& Applied Sciences

• Emerald Management 175

• ProQuest Dissertation&Theses Complete

• Academic Search Complete

• Education Research Complete

•American Chemical Society

• Communication & Mass Media Complete

3. Reference Databaseconsortium subscription of academic journal

14 reference databases subscription in 2013

4. Automation Library Software Development

Budget supported by government

Walai AutoLibDeveloped by

Walailak University

ALISTDeveloped by PSU

SOMSOOKDeveloped by

KMUTT

Module Software

1. Cataloging

2. OPAC web

3. Circulation

4. Acquisition

5. Serial More than 80 Universities utilized

5. Thai Academic Reference Database: TAR

Operated under the Metadata Duplin Core Standardization

Use Open source Software DSpace Access by web based Thai Academic Reference

Database information as (http://tar.thailis.or.th)

the information resources provided only Proceedings from universities in Thailand

UniNet Strategic Roles of Government

• In general, the government supports university annually in full or partial costs.

• Government investment in ICT-Network with condition that to save the budget is very critical.

• However, the government investment may reduce special fees changed from students

Cost sharing and Educational Resource sharing

Publisher A Publisher B Publisher C Publisher D

Publisher E -

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

Per Universityconsortium

USD

Keys of Success • Invest for quality education.• Research focus vs. teaching focus

Universities need difference kinds of database.

• Utilization encouragement strategy.• Performance evaluation of University

Library

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