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National library of thailand 2
The National Library of Thailand (Thai: หอสมุดแห่งชาติ) is the legal depositary and copyright library for Thailand. It was created in 1905, after the merger of the three existing royal libraries. It operates under the jurisdiction of the Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture in Bangkok.
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- National library of thailand 2
- National library of thailand
- Background
- Missions statement
- Service hours
- Access to information
- References
The library aims to be a fully high-tech national intellectual property resource, serving all people and guided by professional staff.
National library of thailand
Background
The National of Library of Thailand's main tasks are collecting, storing, preserving, and organizing all national intellectual property regardless of medium. Collections include Thai manuscripts, stone inscriptions, palm leaves, Thai traditional books, and printed publications as well as audio-visual materials and digital resources. The library is a national information resource serving citizens nationwide.
The National Library has a long history. In 1905, three libraries, the Mandira Dharma Library, the Vajirayanana Library, and the Buddhasasana Sangaha Library, were amalgamated at the command of King Chulalongkorn the Great and renamed the "Vajirayanana Library for the Capital City". The library has remained under royal patronage since that date. In 1933, after democratic reforms, the Fine Arts Department was established and assumed administration of the Vajirayanana Library by royal degree. It was subsequently renamed the "National Library". In 1966, the National Library was relocated to Samsen Road in Bangkok and is now administered by the Ministry of Culture.
Missions statement
- Collect, catalog, and research national intellectual property.
- Develop standards for the storage and preservation of national intellectual property.
- Create and augment the value of national intellectual property.
- Develop systems for rendering services to the diverse users of the library.
- Develop systems to manage the nation's intellectual property heritage.
Service hours
• The National Library is closed on national holidays.
Access to information
1. Select ways of accessing
Users can browse the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) by title, author, call number, ISBN, series, subject, uniform title.2. Accessing by subject
Selected subjects are shown on OPAC together with related subjects and total availability of each subject.3. Accessing by selection from list of titles
Bibliographic information of publications shown in OPAC: title, author, place of publication, publisher, date of publication, call number.4. Accessing by source of required publication
OPAC details publication's source: place, type, call number, volume, publication status.