Duties and Responsibilities of the Bureau of Academic Services
- Studying, examining, analyzing, conducting academic researches and gathering academic information.
- Providing information and academic recommendations, as needed, for Members of the Parliament, the House of Representatives, the bureaus in the Secretariat of the House of Representatives and parliamentary personnel.
- Analyzing, providing advice and academic services in support of the legislative activities of Members of the Parliament, members of the Committees, officials, and relevant persons.
- Administrating and providing services in compliance with the principles of the library science.
- Developing and analyzing information resources.
- Preparing the index and database by using information technology to effectively operate and promote parliamentary works.
- Providing documents relating to the deliberation of bills and motions.
- Providing academic documents and documents for the publicizing of political and administrative issues.
- Handling research and development as well as applying research results to practical use.
- Coordinating with international parliamentary libraries.
- Managing a political museum according to the museum’s principles, facilitating exhibitions.
- Managing the parliamentary archives.
- Performing other assigned duties.
The Bureau consists of 8 divisions as follows:
- The General Administration Division
- The Library Division
- The Information Technology Resources Development Division
- The Academic Services Division 1
- The Academic Services Division 2
- The Academic Services Division 3
- The Research and Development Division
- The Museum and Archives Division
The General Administration Division
The General Administration Division is responsible for
- Handling the Bureau’s documentation general clerical affairs.
- Handling the Bureau’s office supplies, equipment, finance, and budgets.
- preparing the Bureau’s personnel registration and records.
- Preparing operational plans and budgets; coordinating the Bureau’s planning, performance reports, budget allocation and statistics.
- setting systems, controlling and taking care of the security system of the Bureau.
- providing and disseminating documents and work of the Bureau.
- Performing other assigned duties.
The Library Division
The Library Division is responsible for
- Purchasing, procuring, and collecting all kinds of information resources, coordinating requests for donations and exchanges of information resources both inside and outside the country.
- Analyzing, categorizing, and managing information resources in accordance with international standards; providing bibliographies, databases, and maintaining information resources.
- Providing services for information, references and abstracts, borrowing and returning information resources, inter - library loans, information service obtained from remote telecommunication systems and network systems and recommending the use of services.
- Coordinating international parliamentary libraries,
- Organizing activities to promote reading and exhibiting newly - received information resources.
- Performing other assigned duties.
The Information Technology Resources Development Division
The Information Technology Resources Development Division is responsible for
- Organizing the automated library system, library databases, and related technological devices.
- Handling and developing indices of news clippings and the government gazette via Document Image Processing (DIP) program.
- Developing and processing databases, linking the information with internal and external organizations via remote telecommunication systems.
- Coordinating with internal and external libraries and academic institutions to develop suitable academic databases and services.
- Providing and developing the Bureau’s website.
- Performing other assigned duties
The Academic Services Division 1
The Academic Services Division 1 is responsible for
- Studying, examining, analyzing, conducting research, and collecting academic information in the fields of politics, security, military, justice, international relations, international politics, arbitration and intellectual property.
- Providing information and academic recommendations as requested by Members of the Parliament, the House of Representatives and internal agencies of the Secretariat of the House of Representatives, and by parliamentary personnel.
- Analyzing, providing advice and academic services to support the legislative activities of Members of the Parliament, committee members, officials and relevant persons.
- Collecting and analyzing information, statistics, and facts by coordinating with internal and external data sources.
- Providing documents relating to the deliberation of bills and motions.
- Producing academic documents, pamphlets, background information, parliamentary documents as well as foreign articles and reviews.
- Giving lectures on bills and motions for Members of the Parliament, Members of the House of Representatives, the Government Whip, and the Opposition Whip.
- Translating academic documents in the responsible fields.
- Performing other assigned duties.
The Academic Services Division 2
The Academic Services Division 2 is responsible for
- Studying, examining, analyzing, conducting research, and collecting academic information in the field of economics, commerce, trade, budget, industry, monetary affairs, finance, banking investment, insurance, agriculture and cooperatives, transportations and communications.
- Providing information and academic recommendations as requested by Members of the Parliament, Members of the House of Representatives, internal agencies of the Secretariat of the House of Representatives, and parliamentarians.
- Analyzing, providing advice and academic services to support the legislative activities of Members of the Parliament, committee members, officials and relevant persons.
- Collecting and analyzing information, statistics, and facts by coordinating with internal and external data sources.
- Providing documents relating to the deliberation of bills and motions.
- Producing academic documents, pamphlets, background information, parliamentary documents, foreign documents and reviews.
- Giving lectures on bills and motions for Members of the Parliament, Members of the House of Representatives, the Government Whip, and the Opposition Whip.
- Translating academic documents in the responsible fields.
- Performing other assigned duties.
The Academic Services Division 3
The Academic Services Division 3 is responsible for
- Studying, examining, analyzing, conducting research, and collecting academic information in the fields of social science, education, religion, and culture, public health, sport, tourism, labor and social welfare, science, technology, environment, and energy.
- Providing information and academic recommendations as requested by Members of the Parliament, Members of the House of Representatives, internal agencies of the Secretariat of the House of Representatives, and parliamentary personnel.
- Analyzing, providing advice and academic services to support the legislative activities of Members of the Parliament, committee members, officials, and related persons.
- Collecting and analyzing information, statistics, and facts by coordinating with internal and external data sources.
- Providing documents relating to the deliberation of bills and motions.
- Producing academic documents, pamphlets, background information, parliamentary documents and foreign articles and reviews,
- Giving lectures on bills and motions for Members of the Parliament, Members of the House of Representatives, the Government Whip and the Opposition Whip,
- Translating academic documents in the responsible fields.
- Performing other assigned duties.
The Research and Development Division
The Research and Development Division is responsible for
- Studying, analyzing, and researching economic problems, social affairs, and politics which have or are expected to have an impact on people.
- Organizing academic seminars on relevant research projects.
- Promoting research and supporting researchers in conducting academic work on economic, social, and political issues, and encouraging their application to practical use.
- Coordinating research work with other research institutions in the government and private sectors.
- Compiling research findings to be used as information for the deliberation of Members of the House of Representatives, committees, and for the operation of the Secretariat of the House of Representatives.
- Studying, reviewing documents, and collecting academic information and research on economic, social, and political issues as requested by Members of the House of Representatives, members of the committees and internal agencies of the Secretariat of the House of Representatives.
- Providing information and disseminating related research findings through the Parliamentary Radio Broadcasting Station, compiling the research works in book form for public dissemination.
- Handling secretarial services for the Research Committee.
- Coordinating and monitoring of research projects.
- Performing other assigned duties.
The Museum and Archives Division
The Museum and Archives Division is responsible for
- Administrating the parliamentary archives by issuing rules and regulations, collecting, recording, analyzing, evaluating, cataloguing, and providing handbooks, maintaining documents, recording events, exhibiting souvenirs and presents from local and foreign givers.
- Disseminating documents and providing archive services.
- Organizing the parliamentary political museum.
- Collecting, recording, cataloguing, searching, analyzing information, maintaining documents and audiovisual materials concerning the political history of the Thai parliamentary system in accordance with the museum’s principles.
- Organizing study visits and exhibitions, disseminating political documents.
- Performing other assigned duties.
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