The goal of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) project is to create a new city library in the late monarch’s honor by converting an existing structure into a Library scheduled to open in March this year. This is welcome news in comparison to the pressure currently being placed on library budgets in the US and the UK.
The project, situated on Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue, is part of a campaign to advertise Bangkok as a City of Learning, one that promotes a culture of reading. The initiative was launched in 2013, when Bangkok was named by UNESCO as a World Book Capital.
BMA officials say they hope that the library’s prime location—accessible to both car and public transportation, and “just a stone’s throw from Khao San Road, the capital’s backpacker hub,” as Wancharoen writes—will encourage students to use the facility for work and research.
Read the full article in the Bangkok Post here