Guideline for the Development of Library in Sisaket Rajabhat University

Abstract

The purposes of this research are 1) to study library usage behavior at Sisaket Rajabhat university of students, teachers and personnel 2) to study desirable library development guidance of the university. The sample is people who have used the library classifying into 3 groups, namely the first group is 370 collected questionnaires with comparing proportion by status and accidental sampling method comprising students, teachers and personnel while the second is 13 persons using in-depth interview from administrators, teachers and librarian and finally the third group is 15 persons using focus group technique from administrators, teachers and concerning persons. Questionnaires, interview and focus group are tools in this research while statistical methods are average and standard derivation. Results show that:

1. the students’ library behaviors usage are 1-2 times per week at 1 pm- 4.30 pm with 2 ½ - 3 hours per time where newspapers and publications reading are reason of the usage. Teachers and personnel’s usage are 1-2 times per week at 8.30 am- 1.00 pm with 2 ½ - 3 hours per time where internet usage and searching research information are reason.


2. management system and services of the library following the regulations for standardization of libraries in higher education institutions and responding to the requirements of teachers, personnel and students. The library should have 8 development guidance as following 1) structure and management 2) budget and financial 3) personnel 4) information resources 5) building and facilities 6) services 7) cooperation between libraries and 8) concerned other areas.