Biodata Full Name Ms Chutima SACCHANAND Designation Professor Important present positions Chairperson, Board of Doctor of Philosophy Program (Information Science) , STOU

Member, Universitty Academic Senate Employer and Address Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU) Jaengwattana Road, Pakred, Nonthaburi 11120, THAILAND Tel 6686979351, 662 5048516-7, 6625033435 Fax 662 503 3564 Email chutimastou@gmail.com Educational background Degree Institution B.A. Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Dip. in Teaching Ministry of Education, Thailand

M.A. (Library Science) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Post – Graduate Diploma, Science Information Specialists in Southeast Asia

University of the Philippines (Unesco/ UNDP Scholarship)

M.L.S. (Information Science) University of the Philippines (Unesco/UNDP Scholarship)

Doctor of Education Charles Sturt University, Australia (STOU Scholarship)

Other continuing education programs Present papers, training, conferences, seminars workshop, observation trips in the field of library and information science and distance education in many foreign countries: U.S.A., Canada U.K., France, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Austria, Bulgaria, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Republic of Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, the People Republic of China, Puertorico, India, Turkey, Israel, Japan, Russia, Korea, Hong Kong, Egypt, Spain, Portugal

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Teaching experiences Graduate level (Doctoral degree program and master degree program) Research and Advanced Research Methodologies in Information Science (Doctoral degree program) Seminar in Information Science Issues (Doctoral degree program) Research and Applied Statistics in Information Science (Master degree Program) The Advanced Management of Information Institutions ( Master degree Program) Undergraduate level Introduction to Information Science (STOU) Introduction to Research in Information Science (STOU) Office Management (STOU) Important administrative positions Dean, School of Liberal Arts, STOU (1987 -1996) Vice-President for Operations, STOU ( 1995- 1999) Acting Vice-President for Special Affairs, STOU ( 1998-1999) Director, Office of Documentation and Information , STOU (1996 -1997) Director, the National Printing Technology and Training Center, STOU ( 1996- 1998) STOU distinguished member of various boards: University Academic Council; STOU Journal committee; Board of University Quality Assurance; Committee on Textbook Writing Promotion; Staff Development Committee, University Research Committee, etc Distinguished member of the University Council ( Governing Board) of many state universities: Council of Phuket Rajabhat University, Council of Suratani Rajabhat University, Council of Ubolrajathani Rajabhat University and Council of Nakorn Panom University (at present)

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Important professional experiences at the national, regional, international level National President of the Thai Library Association ( 1997 -1998, 2007- 2009) Chairperson, the Society of Thai Library and Information Science Faculty, Thai Library Association (2001 - 2003) Editor and editorial member of the ‚Thai Library Journal‛ and ‚Research Journal of the Thai Library Association” International Member, Standing Committee of the Theory and Research Section, IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) (1996 - 2001) Member of the Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians Board(CONSAL) ( 1997 -2000, 2007- 2009) UNESCO expert, development of guidelines on a curriculum for information professionals (1997) Vice- president, the Organizing Committee of the IFLA (International Federation of Library Institutions and Associations ) Bangkok (1999) Invited resource person, consultant, advisor to many colleges and universities, libraries, library schools, private organizations. Visiting professor, School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, Australia (2007) School of Information Studies, Victoria University of Wellington University, New Zealand (2007) Co- Advisor to doctoral thesis of Ms. Chanthana Wech-o-sotsakda, Doctor of Public Policy, School of Social and Cultural Studies, Auckland University of Technology , New Zealand (2006- present) Doctoral thesis examiner, School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, Australia (2008), University of Melbourn (2010) Invited expert to evaluating the Library and Information Managemnet Program of Cantho University, Vietnam ( 2009) An expert in the field of library and information science and library associations from Thailand to attend the IFLA ‘Building Strong Library Associations’

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workshop Organized by The International Federation of Library Associations and November 9- 13, 2009. International advisory committee, International Conference on Academic Libraries, Organized by Delhi University Library University System, University of Delhi (2009); 2nd International Symposium on Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services , Organized by Jaypee University of Information Technology (2010), International Conference on Digital Libraries and Knowledge Organization - ICDK 2011, Jointly Organized by the Management Development Institute, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centers. (2011) Editorial board of Journal of ASEAN Journal of Open and Distance Learning (AJODL); New Review of Academic Librarianship (2012- ); Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (2014-). Peer reviewer, Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies; Library Management (2010- ) New Review of Academic Librarianship (2010-); Journal of Librarianship and Information Science(2014-). Standing Committee & Program Committee The European Conference on Information Literacy ( ECIL) (2013 - present) Invited speaker at Aoyama Gakuin University, Open University of Japan and Tsukuba University, Japan (2012-2014). An expert on Library and Information Science Education and Research in the ASEAN Countries, International Symposium 2014 ‚Reviewing the Development of Information Schools to inform their Future‛ at Research Center for Knowledge Communities (RCKC), University of Tsukuba., Japan (2014). Honors Received: Outstanding Thai Civil Service employee of the year 1985 awarded by the Thai Civil Service Commission

Author of the non-fiction books of the year 1977 and 1982 awarded by the National Committee for Book Development Outstanding person in Thai library and information science of the year 1995

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awarded by the Thai Library Association Under the Patronage of Her Royal Highess Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn

STOU outstanding government employee of the year 1996 awarded by Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University

STOU 2013 Talented People in Teaching and Learning Women of the year 2000 awarded by the American Biographical Institute, U.S.A.

Life and work was recorded in “Directory of outstanding alumni of Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University‛ and “Outstanding persons who contribute to the development of libraries, librarianship and library education in Thailand‛ printed by the National Library of Thailand Outstanding alumni of the Institute of the University of the Philippines Library Science Alumni Association in Commemoration of the 50th founding Anniversary of the Association (2000) Outstanding research work of the year "Development of criteria for the evaluation of Thai Literature", awarded by the National Commission on Education, Religion and Culture, Ministry of Education (2002) Membership in academic/professional organizations The Thai Library Association The Thai Reading Association The Thai Reading Promotion Association The Social Science Researchers’ Association The Thai Trainers’ Association The Researchers’ Association STOU Association CSU Alumni Association Faculty of Arts, CU Alumni Association UPLIS (University of the Philippines, Institute of Library and Information Scie3nce) Association

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Expertise/Interest Information and digital literacy Distance education in library and information science Library & Information Science education: curriculum design, teaching and learning,e-learning Research in Library and Information Science Profession, professionals especially professional development Learning resource centers: school libraries and public libraries Academic / research papers in English

Sacchanand, C. (2014). Online learning in Library and

Information Science in ASEAN countries.In The

future of LIS education in developing countries: The

road ahead. Hague: International of Library Associations

and Institutions - IFLA.

Sacchanand , C. (2012, August 11-17). Building

collaboration between Library and Information

Science educators and practitioners in Thailand:

Transcending barriers and creating opportunities.

Paper presented at LIS Education in Developing

Countries Special Interest Group, 78th IFLA General

Conference, Helsinki (Finland). Retrieved from

http://conference.ifla.org/past/ifla78/213-sacchanand-

en.pdf

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Sacchanand, C. (2011). Strategies and network

model to enhance the roles of distance education

in library and information science in Asia and Oceania in

creating the Information literate people and region. In

Emerging Trends and

Technologies in Library and Information Services (pp.

214 -217). New delhi: KBD

Publication.

Sacchanand, C. (2011, August 13 -18). Developing

strategies to create information literate Thai students.

Paper presented at the .Asia and Oceania Section,

77th IFLA General Conference , San Juan (Puerto

Rico). Retrieved from

http://conference.ifla.org/ifla77/sessions/asia-and-

oceania- section. oceania-section.

Sacchanand, C. (2011, February 14-16 ). E-training as a

new frontier for librarians and information

professionals’ continuing professional development:

An experience of Thailand. Paper presented at the

International Conference on Digital Libraries and

Knowledge Organization. Jointly Organized by the

Management Development Institute, Indian Association

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of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC)

and INDEST- AICTE Consortium , New Delhi (India).

Sacchanand, C., Gaikwang, K. & Lumsakul, M.(2011). A

synthesis of living library knowledge in the form of a

Knowledge Park. In Proceedings Thailand conference

on reading 2011 (pp. 180 – 208). Bangkok: Thailand

Knowledge Park (TK park).

Sacchanand, C. (2009). Educational roles of academic

librarians : A case of the distance education doctoral

degree program, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open

University, Thailand. In Globalizing academic libraries

vision 2020: International conference on academic

libraries, ( Part I, pp. 180 – 186). Delhi: Mittal

Publications New Delhi (India) in association with Delhi

University Library University System, University of Delhi.

Sacchanand, C. (2008, August 16-21). Putting the

learners into e-learning: An experience of Sukhothai

Thammathirat Open University ( STOU),Thailand. Paper

presented at the E-learning section, IFLA 74th, Quebec

(Canada). 16-21 August 2008. Retrieved from

http://conference.ifla.org/ifla74/sessions/elearning-section

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Sacchanand, C. ( 2008, April 22). Thai Library

Association in the time of change. Paper presented

at the 2nd Meeting of CONSAL XIV Executive Board,

Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam).

Sacchanand, C. ( 2007, April). Status of librarianship in

Thailand. Paper presented to the 1st Meeting of

CONSAL XIV Executive Board , Hanoi (Vietnam).

Sacchanand, C. (2006, September 22-24). Local

information via distance education. Paper presented at

the International meeting on local information

management network: assessment of the initial efforts

toward greater resource sharing among local

information management network members in

Southeast Asia. Sirindhorn Isan Information Center,

Academic Resource Center , MSU and the Toyota

Foundation, Mahasarakarm (Thailand).

Sacchanand, C. (2006, March 27). Professional

education for librarians and information professionals in

ASEAN countries via distance education: A proposed

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regional operation. Paper presented at CONSAL XIII

(Congress of Southeast

Asian Librarians), Manila ( Philippines).

Sacchanand, C. & Jaroenpuntaruk, V. (2006).

Development of a web-based self-training package for

information retrieval using the distance education

approach. Electronic Library, 24 (4), 501 – 516.

Sacchanand, C. (2005). Web-based instruction in library

and information science in Thailand. In Sofia 2004:

Libraries, globalization, and cooperation : Paper from the

international conference . Bulgaria: University of Sofia.

Sacchanand, C. (2004, November 22-24). Librarians as

faculty in the new learning environment. Paper

presented at Asian library and information

conference libraries- Gateways to information and

knowledge in the digital age. ALIC 2004. Bangkok,

(Thailand).

Sacchanand, C. & Jaroenpuntaruk, V. (2004). The

development of self-training package for information

retrieval using distance education approach. Nonthaburi:

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STOU. (Funded by Advancement of Librarianship in

the Third World Programme, International

Federation of Library Associations and Institutions -

IFLA).

Sacchanand, C. (2003). Distance librarianship. Bangkok:

Society of Library and Information Science Faculty,

Thai Library Association.

Sacchanand, C. ( 2003, November 12-14). Collaborative

partnerships in providing library and information

services to distance students in higher education.

Paper presented at the 17th Asian Association of Open

Universities ( AAOU) Annual Conference “ Networking

and Partnership for Strengthening Collaboration in

Open and Distance Education. Sukhothai Thammathirat

Open University, Nonthaburi (Thailand ).

Sacchanand, C. (2003, March 20-22). New roles and

competencies for distance education librarians in the

changing environment. In Challenges and

opportunities for library and information

professionals in knowledge management and the

digital age: Session papers. Paper presented at the

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International Conference Asia - Pacific Chiangmai

University, Chiangmai (Thailand ).

Sacchanand, C. (2002, August 18-24.) Information

literacy instruction to distance students in higher

education: librarians’ key role. Paper presented at

Regional Section on Asia and Oceania 68th IFLA

General Conference, Glasglow (U.K.). Retrieved from

http://conference.ifla.org/ifla68/sessions/asia-and-oceania-

section

Sacchanand, C. (2000). Providing library and

information services to distance learners in higher

education: Challenges and strategies. Information

Technology. 11 (Fall): 11-12, 17-18.

Sacchanand, C. (2000, August 13-18). From theory to

practice : A case of research in library and information

science, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University,

Thailand. Paper presented at Research and Theory

Section, Division of Education and Research, 66th IFLA

Council and Conference, Jerusalem (Israel). Retrieved

http://conference.ifla.org/ifla66/sessions/researchand

theory -section.

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Sacchanand, C. (2000, August 13-18 ). Workplace

learning for information professionals in a changing

information environment. Paper presented at the

Continuing Professional Education Section, Division

of Education and Research, 66th IFLA Council and

Conference, Jerusalem (Israel). Retrieved from

http://conference.ifla.org/ifla66/sessions/continuing

professional education -section

Sacchanand, C. (1999). Distance education in library

and information science in Asia and the Pacific region.

IFLA Journal, 25(2), 97-100.

Sacchanand, C. (1999, December 15 ). Learning for the

new century. Paper presented at the Fifth

UNESCO-ACEID International Conference “ Reforming

Learning Curriculum and Pedagogy: Innovative

Visions for the New Century. Education Congress

Challenges in the New Millennium. Bangkok

(Thailand).

Sacchanand, C. (1999, October 18). Library and

information services for distance learners in higher

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education. Paper presented at the Distance Education

Workshop for Higher Officials from Nepal Organized by

STOU and sponsored by UNICEF.

Sacchanand, C. ( 1999, March 26-29). Faculty -

librarians collaboration/partnership in distance education

higher institutions. Paper presented at the first SEAMO.

Sacchanand, C. (1998). Library networks for distance

education : A case study of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open

University in Thailand. Asian Libraries 7(10), 274-279.

Sacchanand, C. (1998, August 16-21). Distance

education in library and information science in Asia-

Pacific. Paper presented at the Regional Section: Asia

and Oceania,64th IFLA General Conference, Amsterdam(

Netherland). Retrieved from

http://conference.ifla.org/ifla64/sessions/asia and

ocenia -section

Sacchanand, C. (1998, October 24-26). A multi-media

distance education approach to teaching information

science: Thailand’ s experience. in The Use of New

Information Technologies in Developing Countries.

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(pp.B38-B51). Hong Kong, 1988. (Paper presented at

the 10 FID/CAO Congress and General Assembly,

Beijing, Republic of China).

Sacchanand, C. (1997). Information science via the

distance education system: Sukhothai Thammathirat

Open University (STOU)’s Experience. in Report of the

consultative meeting and workshop planning human

resource development

for information societies,” (pp.96-106). Nonthaburi:

STOU and UNESCO Bangkok.

Sacchanand, C. (1997). Motivations and needs of

students in Information Science Programs: Sukhothai

Thammathirat Open University (STOU), A case study. in

Library and information science in Thailand : Essays in

honor of Professor Suthilak

Ambhanwong, (pp.30-39). Bangkok: Department of

Library Science, Faculty of

Arts, Chulalongkorn University.

Sacchanand, C. (1997). Professional communication

amongst library and information professionals in

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Thailand. Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 13

(1), 95-100.

Sacchanand, C. (1997, September 1-6). Library

networks for distance education : A case study of

Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU)

Thailand. Presented at 63rd IFLA Conference,

Copenhegen (Denmark).

Sacchanand, C., Roepreecha, B. & Siriwongworawat, S.

(1997). Quality services in library. country report :

Thailand. In ASEAN- COCI seminar quality service in

libraries: Management training programme for senior

librarians , (pp.198-211). Singapore: National Library

Board.

Sacchanand, C. (1996). The Information Science

Programs of the School of Liberal Arts, Sukhothai

Thammathirat Open University (STOU), Thailand. Journal

of Education for Library and Information Science, 37(

2), 191-196.

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Sacchanand, C. (1995, August 21-26). Professional

communication amongst library and information

professional in Thailand : Thai Library Association (TLA)

and Its role. Paper presented to the Poster Session, 61st

IFLA Conference, Istanbul (Turkey).

Sacchanand, C. (1993). STOU faces the information

age. Astinfo Newsletter , 8 (3), 6-7.

Sacchanand, C. (1993, May 18-23). The motivations

and needs of students studying Information Science

programs at the School of Liberal Arts, Sukhothai

Thammathirat Open University (STOU) Thailand. Paper

presented at the international symposium on the

“ Development of theory and practice of library and

information science.” Wuhan, Republic of China,

Central China Normal University.

Sacchanand, C. (1991). Library education and training

for the new challenges in library and information

services. in Proceedings of the eight congress of

Southeast Asian Librarians library service in the

developing world,” (pp.301-304). Jarkata: National

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Library of Indonesia and Indonesian Library

Association.

Sacchanand, C. (1989, November 29-30). The

Information Science programs of the School of Liberal

Arts, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University. Paper

presented to the seminar on education and training

for library and information personnel COCI- Project: 6th

Intra-ASEAN Cultural Programme Exchange of ASEAN

Librarians Thailand.

Sacchanand, C. (1983). Training programs of Library

Associations in the Philippines. Journal of Philippines

Librarianship, 7(1), 11-25.

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