Technical Information Access Center National Science

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Technical Information Access CenterNational
ScienceTechnology Development Agency2544/2001

• 73/1 Rama VI Road, Rajdhevee,
• Bangkok 10400,Thailand.
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone]
• http//www.tiac.or.th
• New location Thailand Science Park, Rangsit,
  Patumthani

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TIAC Vision

• Serving the information need of researchers,
  scientists, industrialists, educators,
  politicians, students satisfactorily with
  accurate, timely and efficient information,
• building the databases needed for Thailand
  national science and technology development ,
• linking with global information service networks
  to provide worldwide access of information for
  Thai researchers and the public at large.

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TIAC Organizational structure

• NSTDA Director
• TIAC Director
• Divisions Information Systems
• Information and
  Library Services
• Resources Development
  and Acquisition
• Administration and
  Finance

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Budget

• Government support salary, operating costs and
  information resources acquisition
• Expenditure from TIACs Income equipment
  supplies related to services for customers from
  public sector.

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1996-2001 Budget

• Government TIAC
  income
• 1996 Baht 24,821,635.00 1,000,000.00
• 1997 19,945,767.00
  2,000,000.00
• 1998 13,227,000.00
  3,000,000.00
• 1999 14,906,000.00
  2,400,000.00
• 2000 15,400,800.00
  3,400,000.00
• 2001 18,000,000.00
  4,000,000.00expected

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Resources

• 500 foreign ST journals E-journals from
  ScienceDirect
• 3 commercial on-line vendors (Dialog(TM)/STN
  International(TM) / Lexis-Nexis(TM)
• 3500 books/ research reports/ conference
  proceedings
• Thai Thesis database
• Web-based Tables of Content of TIAC journals
• ST- Net information from TIACs survey and
  research
• Library service area 163 square meters

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TIAC staff

• Permanent
  Temporary
• TIAC Director 1
• Computer systems 3 1
  
• Information service 7
  3
• Administration 6
  5
• Total 17
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Services

• SDI-Selective Dissemination of Information
• On-line databases searching Document delivery
• Training Consultancy
• Web-based Tables of Content from Thai and foreign
  journals
• Thai Thesis CD-ROM/ on Web
• Database Design and Production
• Publications

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2001 Highlights

• ST Net since 1999
• NSTDA Digital Archives
• ST Research Databases
• Dublin Core initiative for Web cataloging
• Cyber Resources on S T Curriculum for Thais
• Library Software Package for small/medium size
  schools
• Digital Library/Virtual Information Resources
  planned for new site(SciencePark-Rangsit)

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Success Stories

• Thailands first successful fee-based information
  service,
• 1992 Orbis Award Provider of the best methods
  for practical solutions to information service,
  France,
• Thai Thesis Database CD / on Web,
• Expert in on-line database searching of ST
  information,
• Countrys representation of on-line database
  training of worlds leading database vendors,
• Developer of Thai CD-ROM databases.
• Thaialnds Participation in Dublin Core Initiative

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1989-2000 Statistics

• Served 23,853 users
• Successfully fulfilled 89,134 requests of
  On-line databases searching/ document delivery/
  information service training/ library use/ Web
  access
• Public users 90
• Private users 10

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Linkages

• Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
  National Research Council/ Thai National
  Documentation Center
• Ministry of University Affairs
• Bank of Thailand/ Industrial Finance Corporation
  of Thailand/ Federation of the Thai Chambers of
  Commerce
• TRF / Thailand Research Fund
• Thai Library Association
• Asian Institute of Technology
• APEC/British Council / USIS / NACSIS /
  CISTI-Canada