The Development of TK Park Living Library Standards and Indicators

Abstract

This research and development project aims at 1) improving Thailand Knowledgeor TK park living library standards and indicators, 2 ) examining the qualities of the TKpark living library standards and indicators, and 3) developing a manual for TK park livinglibrary standards and indicators.Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used. Research instrumentsincluded focus group discussions and questionnaire. Data analysis methods involved contentanalysis, Index of Items Objective Congruence ( IOC ), Cronbachûs Alpha Coefficient,percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test.The results of the project revealed that 1) The TK Park living library had 5 standards,21 sub-topics and 100 indicators, 2) The TK Park living library standard level wasrelatively high in every aspect, with the fourth standard, Personnel, ùthe highestû and ùhighûfor the remaining standards. All TK Park living library indicators were found to be ùappropriateûwith strong content validity which reflects reality at a high degree, 3) the manual for TK Parkliving library standards and indicators was developed to set forth the guiding principles andevaluation criteria for the development of TK Park living library.Key words Library Standards and Indicators, Living Library, TK Park Living Library