The Thailand Information Center (TIC), located at the Office of Academic Resources, Chulalongkorn University, was commissioned in July 2011 by the University’s ASEAN Studies Center to develop an ASEAN Online Database. Through this project, the TIC has embraced the University’s vision in preparation for Thailand’s entry into the AEC in 2015. A standardized database was rendered necessary by the rapidly transforming context of ASEAN : Not only does the database respond to the technological requirements of a growingly sophisticated information management in research and academia ; it also strengthens social inclusion in the framework of national, regional, and international cooperation.