As it goes with other countries all over the world, the digital age is not coming, but has already come. In Thailand, average population spend over 100 minutes a day on the Internet, while book reading takes only 39 minutes.
This particular fact has a direct implication on an approach to promote knowledge access and usage. Traditional libraries, while still a prime source of quality knowledge and in-depth information, have seen a decreasing visit. Many former library users now depend on the Internet, and younger generation do not even see a necessity of the library.
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