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Main Author: Butdisuwan, Sujin
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1999
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED441411
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contents Information Services to the Disadvantaged Person: A Challenge for Information Professionals in Thailand. Butdisuwan, Sujin Disadvantaged Educational Objectives Foreign Countries Information Services Information Technology Library Education Library Personnel Library Services Postsecondary Education Rural Areas Training User Needs (Information) Users (Information) This paper considers the provision of library and information services to disadvantaged persons in Thailand and focuses on the need to provide appropriate staff training to library staff working with these groups. The results of a number of specific projects are used as illustrative examples. The paper begins with an overview of the disadvantaged and of education for the disadvantaged in Thailand, including the Rehabilitation of the Disabled Act, passed in 1991. Information resources for and the needs of the disadvantaged are summarized. Education and training for information professionals serving the disadvantaged is then addressed, including formal training (i.e., courses taken at library schools) and informal training. A project at Mahasarakham University, called "Information Services to Rural Communities," is described, including objectives of the initial training and implementation stages. (MES)
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spellingShingle Information Services to the Disadvantaged Person: A Challenge for Information Professionals in Thailand.
Butdisuwan, Sujin
Disadvantaged
Educational Objectives
Foreign Countries
Information Services
Information Technology
Library Education
Library Personnel
Library Services
Postsecondary Education
Rural Areas
Training
User Needs (Information)
Users (Information)
Information Services to the Disadvantaged Person: A Challenge for Information Professionals in Thailand. Butdisuwan, Sujin Disadvantaged Educational Objectives Foreign Countries Information Services Information Technology Library Education Library Personnel Library Services Postsecondary Education Rural Areas Training User Needs (Information) Users (Information) This paper considers the provision of library and information services to disadvantaged persons in Thailand and focuses on the need to provide appropriate staff training to library staff working with these groups. The results of a number of specific projects are used as illustrative examples. The paper begins with an overview of the disadvantaged and of education for the disadvantaged in Thailand, including the Rehabilitation of the Disabled Act, passed in 1991. Information resources for and the needs of the disadvantaged are summarized. Education and training for information professionals serving the disadvantaged is then addressed, including formal training (i.e., courses taken at library schools) and informal training. A project at Mahasarakham University, called "Information Services to Rural Communities," is described, including objectives of the initial training and implementation stages. (MES)
title Information Services to the Disadvantaged Person: A Challenge for Information Professionals in Thailand.
topic Disadvantaged
Educational Objectives
Foreign Countries
Information Services
Information Technology
Library Education
Library Personnel
Library Services
Postsecondary Education
Rural Areas
Training
User Needs (Information)
Users (Information)
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED441411