สถานภาพการทำงานและความคิดเห็นเกี่ยวกับหลักสูตรบรรณารักษศาสตร์และสารสนเทศศาสตร์ของมหาบัณฑิตมหาวิทยาลัยศรีนครินทรวิโรฒ ปีการศึกษา 2532 - 2548

Abstract

The research was to study working situation and problems found among graduates of Library and Information Science program, including their opinions about knowledge necessary for working in the IT society. The gathered information were comparatively studies by age and graduation time. The subjects were 106 graduates chosen by simple random sampling from academic year 1989-2005. A set of questionnaires was used as researching tools. The data were analyzed by SPSS/PC+ program for percentage, mean, standard deviation, and F-test and t-test for hypothesis testing. According to the research findings, the majority of graduates worked in academics and school libraries. Their duties included library works, teaching, and administration respectively. Their positions in the libraries were librarians, head of divisions, and library administrators. In terms of applying their knowledge to their jobs, it showed that the graduates managed to apply their knowledge to improve both their job and themselves in the high level, and they had problems in the medium level. As for opinions towards necessary knowledge for working, it showed that most knowledge in the questionnaires was necessary in the high level. Topics ranked most important were modern library and information center management, knowledge management, information storage and retrieval, language and communication (i.e. English), and information literacy. No significant difference between groups defined by age and graduation time was found in terms of the opinions towards necessary knowledge for working.