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The SEACEN Centre's Library and Information Services was established in 1977
to meet the Centre’s requirements for research, training and seminar materials, and other information
necessary to carry out its operations. Presently, the Library has a collection of 13,522 volumes of books,
7,019 pamphlets and 144 titles of periodicals, 32 of which the Library subscribes to while the remaining
112 titles are ex-gratis. The SEACEN Library operates a computerised bibliographic service using the
UNESCO micro-version of the CDS/ISIS computer software package.
The Library is a depository of the World Bank and Asian Development Bank
publications. It also has a current bilateral exchange of publications with the Kiel Institute of World
Economics in Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany. The Library’s collection of books, documents,
pamphlets and periodicals is concentrated in the areas of money and banking, balance of payments,
foreign exchange and public finance, especially those relating to the Asia Pacific countries. The special
collection of the Library consists of publications of the SEACEN members central banks and monetary
authorities.
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The Information Technology Unit provides the support services in the following areas:
- Data processing
- Maintaining the SEACEN Expert Group (SEG) Database
- In-house software development; and
- Users training and support
The computer facilities include:
- A LAN (Local Area Network) system, which comprises 6 servers, that run on the
Microsoft Windows 2000 and 2003 platform. The network is configured to 2 domains,
the private/internal domain which holds the Centre's LAN and the public/external
(web server) which houses the SEACEN web site,
i.e. http://www.seacen.org.
- Econometric software includes GAUSS 6.0 mathematical and statistical package, Eviews 5,
PC-Give Professional 9.3, RATS V6.0, TSP V4.5 packages and
the CEIC database
- Access to research information through Internet services such as Electronic Mail
and Worldwide Web.
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