KIDS-D digital library system developed by AIT has been officially
launched at Srinakharinwirot University (SWU). The Memorandum of
Agreement between the AIT, SWU, and the Institute for the Promotion of
Teaching Science and Technology (IPST), and Software Industry Promotion
Agency (SIPA) was signed on 29 June 2009. The event was part of SWU’s
60th Anniversary celebration, the SWU’s 60th Anniversary Sri Sanga Maha
Nakhon.
The MoA was signed by Prof. Vilas Wuwongse on behalf of AIT President;
Prof. Wirun Tangcharoen, President of SWU; Dr. Pornpun Waitayangkoon,
Acting Director of IPST; and Mr. Rungruang Limchoopatipa, President of
SIPA. Dr. Paul Janecek, faculty member from Computer Science and
Information Management and Dr. Pongtawat Chippimolchai, a researcher
from the same department were also present on the occasion.
The MoA aims at enabling cooperation between AIT, SWU, IPST, and SIPA
to apply the KIDS-D Digital Library system developed by AIT within a
project of Greater Mekong Subregion Academic and Research Network
(GMSARN) to effectively collect, store, retrieve and distribute
information and resourceful materials of SWU, IPST, and SIPA.
KIDS-D@SWU is one of digital libraries under the “Application of
Digital Library for Education (KIDS-D system)” project which aims to
assist educational development by providing high quality, on-demand
learning resources to school and university students and general public
through the Internet. The project also promotes sharing of learning
resources, knowledge and thinking between schools, universities,
organizations and students.
KIDS-D (Knowledge, Imagination, Discovery and Sharing - Digital) was
initiated by AIT in 2008 as the network of digital libraries for
collecting and sharing digital learning resources, such as e-books,
e-articles, e-documents and various forms of digital learning media,
through the Internet. AIT has invited organizations which share a
similar philosophy to sign an academic agreement to promote knowledge
to the public community.
The first agreement was signed between AIT, SWU and Office of the
Basic Education Commission, Thailand’s Ministry of Education (OBEC) on
17 March 2008 at OBEC. The three parties agreed to jointly create
KIDS-D digital library to provide learning resources for basic
education to students, teachers, and interested public. Later SWU and
AIT have expands the idea of KIDS-D digital library to IPST and SIPA in
order to jointly collect quality learning resources into KIDS-D digital
library.
