Journallink today by TIAC 24 August University

2007 Report 83 from total 206 members 2000 – 2007 = 7 years of service Baht 400,000 income 9,990 articles printed Working meetings – very few Total journals Total staff 5 part-time

Addition ArticleLink STKC 1 search 4+ databases

Full-text e-journals vs. JL ScienceDirect 2493 titles Full-text /non (1816/677) 515 SD journals available from JL 17,000 titles in JL (2,000 titles Thai included) 15,485 titles in JL not available from SD

BL vs. JL TIAC article order from BL declined since 2000 Because of current subscription to full-text e-journals by libraries Increased use from JL

Potential new members National libraries Special libraries Public libraries School libraries Thai SCI database

FYI More valuable use can be added to journals housed in Thai libraries New subscribers to e-journals may not need the whole databases Back issues are available from JL JL and OpenSource for possible links with D Space models of institutional repositories

Cost vs Benefit Prior investment by NSTDA and TRF Current investment (budget) from NSTDA Any business profit Any social benefit ? Any morale ? Thai research initiative

Librarian Networking Strong but powerful ? Broad enough to cover the whole country JL may be the first network of all types of libraries A few journals with incomplete holdings can share

Shall we move on ?

Thanks Thailand Research Funds Chulalongkorn University Kasetsart University MOST Thai Library Association in advance for TLA articles JL Families from Chula and all of us