BMA Educational &Cultural Development
Mrs.Sirintarat Nimcharoen
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

ThailandLocation : Southeast Asia
Capital : Bangkok“Administrative Management Workshop 2008”
ANMC21, 8-12 September 2008 , Tokyo

FACTS & FIGURES OF BANGKOK• 1,600 square kilometers in area
• 2.1 million houses andbuildings• 10 million of daytime populations• Hub of local business andinternational trade and tourism• One of the most busiest cities inAsia

Bangkok is divided into
50 Districts

BANGKOK METROPOLITAN
ADMINISTRATION (BMA)• BMA is a local government established by law withresponsibility of overseeing the management of Bangkokcity• BMA has 44 compulsory responsibilities as assigned bylaws concerning well-being of people and orderliness ofthe city
• BMA has more than 85,000 officials• BMA has more than 600 affiliated offices– 17 Departments– 50 District offices– 435 Schools– 9 Hospitals and 65 Health centers

BMA Educational &Cultural Development• One of BMA newly developing projects
towards quality of Bangkok people life
improvement• BMA Library and home of book are oneof the means of creating the strongcommunities to organize various typesof activities that bring or persuade
youth and their families to spend their
quality time together

1Objectives

Library service• To be the center of learning and researching• New books exhibition zone and search services• To be the center of every kind of information
service• Borrowing and returning books, CD, DVD zone

• To support educational and cultural public
activities in order to develop quality ofBangkok people life

• IT & internet service and entertainment zone

• To promote the reading habit in free time andlifelong learning by reading books• Magazines, newspaper and beverage corner• Academic zone : research in general• Children and Juvenal zone : books for children,
juveniles and activity area for kids

3 kinds of new innovation of reading andlearning center

Privileges for Library’s members
Members can use internet service
without any charges and can attend
every cultural activities of librarysuch as Reading Lover Camp,historical sightseeing and using
other facilities free of charge

1. Lumpini Discovery Learning Library

Lumpini Discovery Learning Library

Soi Pranang Discovery Learning Library

2. Soi Pranang Discovery LearningLibrary
3. Home of Book

before• Started from 24 June 1956
• The first library inBangkok• Renovated and reopen
to be discovery learning
library in 2006
• 1,000 – 1,500 people visiting
everydayafter• Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri
Sirindhorn presided over Soi Pranang
Discovery Learning Library on 13 March
2007

after
before• It located in the central
commercial area of Bangkok :The Victory Monument2Home of Book
• The latest innovation of community libraries : inspired bythe Japanese house• Made from 2 container boxes in I and L shape with size of
approximately 3.00 x 6.00 meters surrounded by a nice andbeautiful garden• Quite innovative and practical : easy to moved andconstructed• The decoration was set to be a home style, warm andrelaxed

Cultural Activities for Children• The librarian creates games,
art & craft and otheractivities for children• Children enjoy playing
games and participating
activities every weekend at“Home of Book”

Home of Book

Thank you
Sawasdee ka• The latest innovation of community libraries : inspired bythe Japanese house• Made from 2 container boxes in I and L shape with size ofapproximately 3.00 x 6.00 meters surrounded by a nice andbeautiful garden• Quite innovative and practical : easy to moved andconstructed• The decoration was set to be a home style, warm andrelaxed3