The Library Administration of Secondary School under Secondary Educational Service Area Office Sukhothai

Abstract

The purposes of the research were 1) to learn about secondary school library administration under Sukhothai Secondary Educational Service Area Office, and 2) to find library administration guidelines for secondary schools under Sukhothai Secondary Educational Service Area Office. The research methods were Step 1: The study of library administration. The samples in this research were 54 educational institute administrators and school librarians under Sukhothai Secondary Educational Service Area Office. The sample group was chosen by purposive sampling. The research instrument was a 5 – level rating scale with a statistical confidence of 0.98. The data analysis statistics were mean and standard deviation, and Step 2: Finding secondary school library administration guidelines. The samples in this research were 5 senior experts with knowledge and experience in library administration chosen by purposive sampling. The research instrument was the structured interview. The statistics used to analyze the data were content analysis.

The results showed that 1) The overall secondary school library administration under the Sukhothai Secondary Education Service Area Office was at a high level. When each aspect was considered, it was found that the building management had the highest operating and information resource services had the lowest operating. 2) Secondary school library administration guidelines found that administrators should meet with stakeholders to provide opportunities for the stakeholders to explore the facility's needs and participate in the provision of information resources for providing enough services, as well as support school activities for raising money to improve the school library. However, administrators and teachers should promote volunteer activities for assisting librarians in order to give students the opportunity to practice cooperation in order to create a good relationship between service providers and service users.