The library is a collection of various documents such as knowledge sources then it is known as a teacher, as directed by intelligence analysts to know what a reasonable need to know it.

With the devotion, commitment, and faith to follow her initiative to promote educational opportunities within the year B.E. 2533-2534. The officials, government agencies, private organizations, and people, have jointly supported the Ministry of Education to establish “Chalermratchakumari” public library. The establishments covered 59 provinces which was over the target that was set at 37 provinces, arising from more requests of other provinces to join the project. Nowadays, there are 82 branches of "Chalermratchakumari" public library (Source: The Institute for Learning Innovation Director, Office of Non-Formal Education in November 2553).

Local writer corner: It is an effort to collect the awards and gather the nation outstanding writers’ work that are well recognized in the community. This place will enable people in each area to be proud of their communities and it also inspires the younger generation to have the creative ideas and follow the old generation’s successes.

Folk literature corner: In addition, a purpose of local writer corner in the library is to compile folk literatures, both in the forms of printed documents and historical legends.

Dhamma corne: Many of "Chalermratchakumari" public libraries have started to provide the Dhamma rooms or Dhamma corners. The library presents the history and work of priests who are honored in the local areas. Phra Tripidok, dhamma books, dhamma CDs, and tapes cassettes are provided for the benefits of further research.

Education guidance corner: Some of the library users are ordinary people, so the guidance services are organized in several places to provide information about educational opportunities outside the formal education systems. It is useful to get information about the sources for teaching and scholarships including other basic details.

"Chalermratchakumari" public library plays a role as the promoting learning center of the people. In the initial plan, the multi-purpose room is designed to host variety of educational activities, such as local museum, exhibition, discussion group for learners, learning and teaching for the interested group. The contents are related to the followings:

1. History; the contents are about archeology of the area as perspective and comprehend in some issues, such as Aao leuk Library presents skulls cave and ancient beads exhibition, the Pattani Library organizes special room to present ancient city, the developed settlement Library presents the successful practices of King Narai, and the Thongphabhumi Library presents the troops route.

2. Geography and environment; Each library will present a map showing the boundaries and the geographic territory and the problems, such as the Nam Phong Library presents the River of Life exhibition, the Bangpakong Library presents Forest at the River Estuary exhibitions, the Wisetchaichan Library presents the Noi River, and the Singhanakorn Library focuses on raising awareness of the Songkhla Lake.

3. Culture and tradition; Many libraries focus on presentation of the exhibitions associated with a variety of cultural traditions and changes in the lifestyle of the people, such as the Mae-sariang Library presents Thai Yai and various hill tribes, the Square Library presents Chaiyabhumi’s culture based on Thai Korat and Laos, the Ladlumkaew Library presents Mon’s culture, and the Srikorrabhumi focus on Soi (necklace), while the Kabseng Library focus on Khamer’s culture.

4. Occupation is a topic that is widely presented in terms of the evolution of professionals in the communities, such as making pottery at the Chum Phuang library, weaving mantles at the Lamphun Library, weaving silk, kit, Praewa fabric at Libraries in the northeast of Thailand. Trang is famous for making cake. Moreover, there is an honored award for local wisdom teachers who have passed by the knowledge and valuable experiences to the next generations for professional development in the communities. This action offers new options and procedures of the occupation.

5. Quality of life Promotion: Many libraries have participated in the activities to promote quality of life, such as the exhibitions on the Nutrition benefits of local vegetables in Nongbualumpoo, the lacks of Vitamin A in Pattani, the Disaster in Sikhoraphum, and the border development at the Nadine Library.

6. Good and skilled people; Besides creating the local writer’ corners as general room in libraries, the libraries also attempt to gather history and work pieces of the good and skilled people in the districts and provinces for public dissemination.

7. Local wisdom is included to each exhibition with an attempt to present work and experiences of wise men in the community, such as the herbal medicine experts, weavers, blacksmiths, farmers, integrated farming agriculturists. The libraries play role as the center between external technology and the local wisdom accumulated in the communities.

College and university libraries are the main learning institution with a role to focus on promoting education courses at the college or university by gathering books and other knowledge media according to curriculum. The library also supports and promotes the research of academic staffs and learners by providing the learning resources, helping to prepare a biography and index to find the required topics, and introducing learners to use the catalog card and reference guide for the search.

College and university libraries focus on providing services to the learners of the college, but many of them are open to the public in accordance with the requirements of colleges and universities. (More information can be searched through the internet).

One example of university library is Sukothaitammatirat University. It is the public university library called "Office of Documentation and Information ". It allows for public use with entrance fee on a daily basis. The services of university Library are available in these provinces; Nakhon Srithammarat, Petchaburi, Nakhonsawan, Sukothai, Udonthani, Ubonratchathani, Lampang, Chanthaburi, Yala, and Nakhonnayok. These libraries focus on the study of STOU based courses such as books, novels, short stories, and books for children.

It was established by the gratitude of the Chakri monarch by combining the buildings of Hor Phra Montientham, Hor Phra Samut Wachirayan, and Hor Phutthasassana Sakkhaha under the reign of King Rama V. His majesty graciously proclaimed the establishment of Hor Phra Samut Wachirayan as the Library for the city, on 12 October, B.E. 2448 and it was developed into the National Library at present.

Rules and responsibilities

1. To supply, gather, and preserve the intellectual properties, science, arts, and national culture in the forms of ancient documents and inscriptions, alphabets, publishing media, electronic media, and audio-visual that are produced in the country and abroad.

2. To study, analyze, and explore library technical operations and information technology to meet the international standards as well as to train personnel of agencies and institutions in the country and abroad.

3. To drive the library services- reading, studying, and researching, to the public as a source of learning for lifelong learning and Informal education.

4. The University libraries play a role as The National Technical Information System Coordination Center.

5. The University Libraries play roles as National-Journal Center of Thailand, Southeast Asian Regional Center, International Standard Book Number and Journals Center, Bibliography Descriptions Center of the books published in the country. and National and International Central Publication Exchange.

National Library of Thailand is located along Wasukri pier, Deves sub- district, Dusit district, Bangkok. There are 17 branches of National Library across all regions as follows;

Specific Library

The specific library is a library that collects books in particular subjects. Most of them are parts of the government agencies or private companies, including commercial banks. The library provides information services and specific information services related to the operation of organization. The library focuses on the collection of research and reports, academic journals, and specific documents that are produced for academic service to use in the library. The library focuses on helping users answer questions, translate academic editorial, preparing academic photocopiers, and bibliography and searching title index. The library also delivers the specific publication to the users according to their individual interests.

Nowadays, due to the production of books and other publications especially academic journals, a n d research report. The academic meeting report has increased a lot. Each subject is divided into sectors, and it is difficult for the library to collect all documents. So, there is specific agency to do this part, such as collecting books and other publications, published document to disseminate to the users.

The Maruay Library provides service’s corner for the target groups as the followings;

Temple

Importance of the temple. The temple has a lot of social significance. It is a knowledge source for the community that values, in all respects, the rights of the people to be the leaders of family and community. The temples also provide education in terms of arts, culture, traditions, and rituals. There are varieties of religious activities which are counted as indirect public education. People can learn on their own in the forms of talking, consulting, or attending activities that are parts of the temple service. When the people enter the temple for relaxation, it will be self-directed learning, such as meditation and learning the principles of Buddhism. Some temples provide the area that is conducive in learning such as plantation of trees and name them. So, it provides the people who come to the temple with the opportunities for self-learning for the different types of plants.

Temples and the educational management activities

Educational activities are found in the temple, such as;

• Study and moral training: The activity is about teaching religion knowledge directly to the people ordained by tradition, academic and technical knowledge, and, indirectly, to the persons who join the activities in the temple.

• To originate and conserve Thai culture: Temples have passed by traditions to people as the national heritage. It is also a museum for collecting art pieces.

• As a place of living for the children who come from poor families: Temples support living and studying. The poor children are raised and trained to be a good person including the homeless adults as well.

• Counseling on life issues, grief and suffering: Temples give suggestion to t h e sufferings, unhappy persons about how to deal with difficulties in life according to Buddhism way.

• To mediate the dispute: The monks are respected and play a role as a judge for dispute resolution by focusing on the importance of solidarity.

• As a place of festival enjoyment: Temples are places for the fun and entertainment to the community, including a children's park.

• As a place to relax and re-energize with the refreshing greenery of nature and the serene atmosphere of Buddhism religion.

• As a place for the people to gather and meet: Temples are like the meeting club and the general assembly to discuss the conversation, to conduct appropriate activities and relaxation.

• As a place to broadcast media related to local and current news. Temples are used as an important place to disseminate current news and the country situations. They are meeting stages for leaders of the community as well as the sheriff to report the news and activities in the community.

• As a place to organize the community activities: The community activities are organized in temples, such as the meeting stage for the politicians’ speeches and the voting booths.

• As a clinic: Temples are clinics of collections of inherited traditional medicine, and herbal medicine to treat illness passed by generation to generation.

• As a hotel service: Temples are hotels for long trip-travelers; especially persons who are from other cities and do not have no relatives and friends.

• As a warehouse: Temples are warehouses for various devices and appliances, where people can use together. They can borrow those items to use in their work and return to the temple.

• As a place for Buddhism rites: Temples provide the ritual services related to persons’ lives according to each community tradition. There is a temple in each community that is the symbol of being united of the community and an important place in the community that is widely respected by the public. The monks have become a key component in the system by combining power and social control.

The museum is a place that has collected, maintained, researched and exhibited the objects evidences in relation to humans and the environment. It is a place where provides the people with services in terms of both educational and joyful, focusing on the educational activities that allow people to learn on their own. The museums are varied and classified into six categories.

★  National Museum Historic Monument (Site Museum) Museum of Fine Arts Department of this type occurs when the survey, excavation and restoration in various digging to find the cause of a number of ancient artifacts. It is the policy of the Department of Fine Arts. The museum is a place where the art museum exhibits a collection preservation and archaeological findings from the source to the people who have come to visit ancient artifacts, Art objects excavated by resulting knowledge and understanding of culture and Archaeology history of each to understand and appreciate the pride, cherish the treasure and culture as a heritage.

★ National Authority (Regional Museum) It is a policy of the government to disseminate arts and culture History Archaeology to the public in the use of various museums, cultural centers, including providing education to the public sector. The Reginal Museums being used as the learning centers are;

Museums and educational activities; The museum presents a varietyof educational activities as follows;

However, for the remote areas the mobile museum activities are provided to various locations in a variety of activities such as exhibitions, lectures, demonstrations and various research papers.

Educational Park is a system designed to facilitate the study and service to local residents in the city. It offers a combination of relaxation and the Informal education. The objective of the educational park is to improve the quality of life. However, there is a difference in the definition of "National Park", which can be summarized into 2 groups;

1. The popular development group; this group is established to supply of the shortage of building, materials, the environment and personnel with expertise in the same source. The group organized the large educational institution to provide the education that curriculum cannot supply in school system due to the lack of educational resources. This group also gives educational opportunities to learners, general public, both in and outside normal school hours to response to Formal and Non-Formal education and lifelong education.

2. The humanism group; this group is established to solve the problem of shortage of building, materials, environment and personnel expertise. The objective is similar as the popular development group but the humanism group focus on the green areas for recreation as well as education.

Importance of the educational park

National education and educational activities. The park has a garden. Public organization created to promote the study of leisure and recreation activities, education, public education has two important parts of the park.

The first section of the park is clean, green and peaceful landscape of natural beauty with lush vegetation, ponds, and streams throughout the year, the buildings and facilities. In the event, Formal education, and recreation of the people of all ages as a botanical garden. Are growing and flowering and ornamental plants in Thailand are complete. Water which has all kinds of lotus plants. The symbol. Sala Bin. And Arrow's building was the center of the park. New modern building for museum exhibits, demonstrations and exhibits on various matters. With modern technology. Parks and gardens mental health facility and garden. A pavilion for. Sit in the park and there are four Thai media that the North and the Northeast, South Central, built in the architectural style of the show, as well as items. The characteristics of the appliances in the house as well.

The vast park area. Consisting of natural resources for recreation. The habitats of rare wildlife or the nature of the miraculous. Major national parks. National Bank appeal his craft. Tarutao National guess. Doi Khun Tan National Park etc.