Direction
Philosophy
The Central Library is committed to effectively serving users informational resources, storage, and services.
Determination
The Central Library supports and promotes the quality of learning, teaching, research, and academic services to society, as well as preserves art and culture, which is the main mission of Silpakorn University.
Vision
The Central Library serves as the centre that is borderless and creative, adhering to both national and international standards.
Corporate Value
The vision of Silpakorn University Central Library's Director in 2020 is that the Central Library serves as the centre that is borderless and creative, adhering to both national and international standards.
S
Service Mind
(The Central Library has a service mind.)
U
Unity
(We are united.)
L
Learning
(We support learning.)
I
Inspiration
(We always seek inspiration for creativity.)
B
Borderless
(We are open and boundless.)
Mission
The Central Library is the centre of library services and educational technology of Silpakorn university. We collect, store, and provide audiovisuals and materials to students, staffs and various departments of the university, as well as outsiders. We promote the production of media and information on Thai arts and culture, as well as building a network and coordinate with partners and stakeholders both domestically and internationally to improve the quality of service and other obligations as assigned.
Strategic Plan 2020-2024, the Central Library of Silpakorn University
The strategic planning for the Central Library Silpakorn University 2020 - 2024 consists of the following objectives
1
To develop the potentiality of the Central Library to have a proactive operating model
2
To develop an effective operational approach and facilitate the management of the university
3
To determine the direction of the Central Library in order to ensure consistency and alignment with the university’s policy, as well as to conduct an effective evaluation
Strategies, Strategic Goals, and Indicators
In order to drive the vision and mission of the Central Library to be successful, the Central Library has set strategic issues for converting plans into practice by classifying 5 strategic themes as follows:
Strategy 1: To have the allocation of information resources to be up-to-date, sufficient and easy to access information by being able to link resources both inside and outside the organisation without boundaries (Borderless Resources)
Objective: The Central Library provides sufficient and up-to-date information resources that meet the needs of users and can connect resources both inside and outside the organisation effectively.
Strategic Indicators
1. The percentage of information resources used after purchasing and procurement in the previous annual budgets.
2. The number of partners / cooperation networks, both inside and outside the organisation
3. An increased percentage of online access to information resources.
Strategy 2: Creating a borderless knowledge space to support research, creation, and cooperation between students, professors, researchers and communities aimed at the objective: the Central Library has a boundless learning area that meet the needs of users
Objective: The Central Library has an area that is conducive to learning, creativity, and the development and content creation published through online media.
Strategic Indicators
1. The number of development/improvement of the area for physically learning
2. The number of digital content development and creation published through online media
3. The level of customer satisfaction with the learning area
4. The percentage of the increased number of space for physically learning
5. The percentage of access to the increased digital content.
Strategy 3: Creating knowledge connections within the Silpakorn community to external communities in order to help create a borderless learning society
Objective: The Central Library is an organisation that provides academic services to add up and bring about value
Strategic Indicators
1. The number of projects relating to community services
2. The number of events and short courses
3. The satisfaction of short-term activities/course services
Strategy 4: Systematic management of data warehouse and intellectual repository system and meeting international standards by allowing everyone to access information freely (Borderless Open Resource)
Objective: The Central Library has an open data warehouse and intellectual repository system that adheres to international standards.
Strategic Indicators
1. The increased number of records in the data warehouse of Silpakorn University Repository: SURE
2. The number of access to data in Silpakorn University Repository: SURE
3. There is a data warehouse that can be accessed as One Stop Service.
Strategy 5: Borderless Management
Objective: The Central Library has a management system and effective use of resources
Strategic Indicators
1. The Central Library has an operational management system.
2. The percentage of personnel who have received knowledge training
Results of Operations According to Strategic Issues and Indicators of the Central Library for the Annual Budget in 2023
1. The Objective Outcomes/Indicators And Action Plan for the Annual Budget of 2023
Strategies/Strategic Goals/Policies/Indicators | Unit of Measurement | Goals | 6-month KPls Cycle | Performance by Year (EdPEx) |
1. Number of students / learners / trainers who have been trained and have learnt through participating in training activities / learning resources and access to media in the form of lifelong learning | People | 2,000 | 27,411 | 30,617 |
2. Percentage of personnel who have been developed and have various skills as purposed (executives / academics / administrative officers) | Percent | 80 | 100 | 100 |
3. Percentage of faculties/departments (excluding the office of the President and the office of the University Council) that passed the assessment on supervision and good governance level A (85 percent or more) | Percent | 90 | 88.51 | 88.51 |
4. Number of projects to reduce costs or develop digital platforms to increase management efficiency (such as paper reduction projects, energy saving projects, etc.) | Projects | 5 | 8 | 14 |
5. Percentage of support personnel who have developed various skills to achieve multiple skills in work | Percent | 65 | 100 | 100 |
2. Silpakorn Strategy-based Tasks/The Primary Focuses of the Central Library Development Plans
Strategies/Strategic Goals/Policies/Indicators | Unit of Measurement | Goals | 6-month KPIs Cycle | Performance by Year (EdPEx) |
Strategy 1: To have the allocation of information resources to be up-to-date, sufficient and easy to access information by being able to link resources both inside and outside the organisation without boundaries (borderless resources) | ||||
1.1 Percentage of information resources used after procurement in the previous annual budget | Percent | ≥85% | 72.53 | 81.95 (Still in progress for the annual budget) |
1.2 Number of internal and external agencies/network cooperation | Place | 1 | 9 | 16 |
1.3 Increased percentage of access to information resources online (See details...) | Percent | 15 | 15 | >41 (7.1 A, Section 9) |
Strategy 2: Creating a borderless knowledge space | ||||
2.1 Number of development/improvement of areas for physically learning | Place | 1 | 4 | 5 |
2.2 Number of content development and digital content creation published through online media | Cases | 12 | 160 | 160 |
2.3 The level of user satisfaction with the learning area | Mean | >3.75 | 4.51 | 4.28 |
2.4 Percentage of increased users of learning areas | Percent | 1.5 | 68.49 | 68.49 |
2.5 The percentage of the increment of access to content published through online media | Percent | 2.5 | 44 | 44 |
Strategy 3: Creating knowledge connections within the Silpakorn community to external communities in order to help create a borderless learning society | ||||
3.1 Number of community service projects | Projects | 2 | 6 | 28 |
3.2 Number of events/short courses | Event/Course | 1 | 7 | 12 |
3.3 Satisfaction of services, events/short courses | Mean | ≥3.70 | 4.69 | 4.57 |
Strategy 4: Systematic management of data storage and intellectual repository and meeting international standards by allowing everyone to access information freely (borderless open resource) | ||||
4.1 The number of increment of records in the data storage system and the intellectual repository system | Records | 550 | 445 | 445 |
4.2 Number of access to data storage system and intellectual repository | Times | 5,500 | 1,645,297 | 1,645,297 |
4.3 Having a data storage system that can be accessed in the form of one stop service | Percentage of success | 100 | 100 | 100 |
3. The Primary Focus-based Tasks/Important Issues on Development Plans and the Drives for Disruptive Circumstances During the Fiscal Year 2023
Strategies/Strategic Goals/Policies/Indicators | Unit of Measurement | Goals | 6-month KPIs Cycle |
Performance by Year ( EdPEx) |
Focus 1: Internationalisation (participation in driving university rankings) | ||||
1. Number of new learning resources that support the development of the environment to develop the atmosphere and progress internationalisation | Learning resources | 3 | 3 | 3 |
2. Satisfaction scores of service recipients in learning resources that support environmental development in accordance with international atmosphere (new learning resources developed in item 1) | Mean | 3.51 | 4.83 | 4.83 |
3. Percentage of budget used to purchase resources and maintain libraries in relation to the total budget of the Central Library | Percentage | 10 | 18.18 | 18.18 |