1. Thai Higher Education Library Consortium and Resource Sharingby
Dr.Sumate Yamnoon
Former Secretary-General
for The Commission on Higher Education, Thailand

2. Distribution of Higher Institution in Thailand, 1993
Source map:

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. PULINET
In 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 million or about US 4.3 million

7. THAILINET
At 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.

8. 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

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

10. 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.

11. UniNet Framework: Self Learning Center and Sharing Education Resource
Union Catalog
Thai Digital Collection
Reference Database
Automation Library Software Development
Thai Academic Reference Database
Introduction to Thai Library Integrated System (ThaiLIS)
Office of Information Technology Administration for Education Development (UniNet), Commission on Higher Education, is currently deploying Thai Libraey Integrated System (ThaiLIS) by linking network between universities/institutes of Commission on Higher Education to allow them linking to UniNet in the projects below.
Developing Union Catalog database.
Developing Digital Collection.
Receiving Reference Database.
Providing eBooks.
Developing Digital Library for Thailand Higher Education.

12. 1.Union Catalog
Index database of 24 universities/institutes with over 2 million current entries and can be accessed in
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

13. 2. Thai Digital collection
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 (
(data update Sep2013)

14. 2. Thai Digital collection
Integrated search of digitized information :
Theses & Dissertations
Research
Journal Articles
Rare books
E-books
The system opens for general public

15. 3. Reference Database consortium 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

16. 3. Reference Database consortium subscription of academic journal
14 reference databases subscription in 2013
ACM Digital Library
ProQuest Dissertation&Theses Complete
IEEE
SpringerLink online Journal
Academic Search Complete
HW. Willson
Computer& Applied Sciences
Education Research Complete
ABI/Inform Complete
American Chemical Society
Emerald Management 175
ISI (Web of Science)
Communication & Mass
Media Complete
ScienceDirect

17. 4. Automation Library Software Development
Budget supported by government
Developed by Walailak University
Walai AutoLib
Developed by PSU
ALIST
Developed by KMUTT
SOMSOOK
Module Software
Cataloging
OPAC web
Circulation
Acquisition
Serial
More than 80 Universities utilized

18. 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 (
the information resources provided only Proceedings from universities in Thailand

19. 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

20. Cost sharing and Educational Resource sharing
USD

21. 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

22. The End