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TISI
Library and its milestones
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- 1968
With the inception of TISI as a unit in the Department of Science to carry out
standardization work, it was found necessary for TISI to collect foreign standards
documents to serve as references in the development of Thai Industrial Standards
(TIS).
- 1975
TISI has become a member body of the International Organization
for Standardization (ISO). With ISO membership, TISI has started to receive ISO
standards and, on an exchange basis, foreign standards from standards bodies all
over the world which are ISO members. With larger collection of standards, it
was necessary for TISI to set up an actual library provided with responsible librarians
and a budget for books procurement. It was also necessary to have a suitable classification
system and the efficient service. A study visit to various foreign documentation
centres was sponsored by UNDP. This could be considered a starting point for the
real TISI library.
- 1979
TISI has become a member of the ISO Information Network
(ISONET), a worldwide network of national standards information centres which
have cooperation to provide rapid access to information about standards, technical
regulations and certification activities currently used in their own countries.....
Being ISONET member, TISI library has become a reference point for information
about standards, technical regulations and certification activities operated in
Thailand. TISI library is also in charge of answering technical inquiries on Thai
standards received from other ISONET members..... The
information received from ISONET members enabled TISI library to start the information
service to the library users who were in need information on foreign standards.
By joining ISONET, it was also the opportunity for TISI library to upgrade their
work to the international system.
- 1980 TISI
was upgraded to be a department under the Ministry of Industry. With the upgrading
of TISI, TISI library was recognized officially as a section under the Technical
and Foreign Relations Division..... At
the same time, when TISI has become the national contact point for the FAO/WHO
Food Standards Programme (Codex Alimentarius Commission).TISI library began to
have access to Codex standards.
- 1982 The
library service has been extended to other users such as manufacturers, exporters
and interested persons.
A microfilming system was introduced into the library
to better the service as well as to save the limited space of the library.
- 1986
TISI library, with a view to increasing the its role
in the information service, received assistance from the British Standards Institution
(BSI) in terms of technical expert, a seminar to publicize the activities of the
library, a study visit and a fellowship for information science study.
- 1987
TISI library, with the assistance from the French Laboratoire
Nationale d'Essais (LNE), conducted an assessment on the need of Thailand to develop
a technical help to exporters (THE), a service which consist mainly of information
service on the requirements of the importing countries. Study visits of TISI officials
in France were organized.
- 1987
- 1991 Under the Sixth National
Social and Economic Development Plan of which one of the objectives was to assist
the exporters, the Programme to establish "the Standards Information Centre"
was prepared with a view to providing standards information to the exporters.
The aim of the Programme was not only to improve the current library service but
also to develop a database on standards for the purpose of improving the information
service....For the purpose of developing the
standards database, a primary study was carried out for the planning of the delopment
of a Thai thesaurus for science and technology based on the Root Thesaurus and
International Technical Thesaurus (ITT).
- 1991
Thailand has become member of the International Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC). As member, TISI library has been receiving regularly the international
standards of the IEC.
- 1994
With the computerized
system provided under the ASEAN-EC Industrial Standards and Quality Assurance
Programme, the library automation was introduced to provide the library service
on LAN.
TISI library has implemented the new "International Classification
System" (ICS) developed by ISO with the library collection.
To pubicize
the service, the library has issued publications such as "TISI Standards
Catalogue"( in Thai and in English), "New Standards", "Standards
on CD-ROM and Microfiche" and circulated them to interested organizations
on the mailing list. - 1995
As a result of re-engineering
of TISI, the official "Standards Information Centre" was established
as a new division of TISI. The Centre has "Standards Information and Library
Services" (the former TISI library section) as a subdivision.
- 2008
As a result of re-engineering of TISI, the Standards Information
and Library Services Group was changed its name to the "Standards
Information Administration and Development Group" and
was moved officially
to be a group under the Intermational Affairs Bureau (the former International
Relations Division).
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2023515, (662) 3543286 Fax. (662) 3543041
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