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Present and Future of Thai Academic Libraries
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Our Present
Library as An Ideal Organization
• Budget/cost management
• Professional development
• Information resource development
• Technology infrastructure investment
Input Process Output Outcome
• Process reengineering/restructuring
• Quality management (ISO, IQA, TQM, BenchmarkingPDCA, etc.)
• Logistics, supply chain management
• Moving by IT
• Marketing, Image creation (Branding & Rebranding)
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Community service
• Quality organization
• Library Service and usage survey (expectation, perception and satisfaction)
• Cost effectiveness analysis
• Knowledge creation and dissemination
High level of Expectations
User ExpectationPerfect collectionExcellent servicesBeautiful and lively placePhysical & virtual accessibilitiesFriendly and helpful library staffModern technologyEtc.
Institutional Expectation
Teaching & learning support
Effective budget management
Efficient library staff
And compared with other libraries, WE ARE BETTER or THE BEST
Community Expectation
Community services
Local Knowledge Collection
Local expertise directory
Local museum and archive
Social Expectation
Knowledge society Symbol
Life long learning place
Reading & Literacy promotion
Knowledge & Cultural center
Library is the Ideas Business*
Quoted from a session on the Future of Libraries, a Sense of Urgency, sponsored by the Office of Information Technology Policy (OITP) of ALA’s
Washington Office. ALA COnference 2008, Anaheim,CA
Not Grocery stores but Kitchens
Not only Information but also ideas for living (Knowledge/wisdoms)
Not Library users but Members
Not only services but also relationship creation and retention
Not only current users, but also future users
Our Future & Challenges
Road to excellence is never ended
Keep walking…but you will never walk alone
We need connection, partners, consortium, collaboration, cooperation…
Q & AThank You