การวิเคราะห์เนื้อหางานเขียนภาษาอังกฤษด้านห้องสมุด และบรรณารักษศาสตร์ในประเทศไทย / เรืองศรี จุลละจินดา = A content analysis of writings in English concerning libraries and library science in Thailand / Ruangsri Jullajinda
The major objective of this thesis was to analyze the content of English writings concerning libraries and library science in Thailand. Written by the Thais and foreigners from the years 1908 to 1979, the writings covered articles, books or parts of them, proceedings of seminars and conferences, research papers, masters' theses and doctoral dissertations, mimeographed materials and carbon copies. The research was conducted by reading a group of 112 writings divided by types of the authors and subdivided by types of writings. A set of content analysis tables was constructed, containing five categories of library science subjects, namely, books and bibliographical control; library background; types of library and information resources; library education, training and research; and Thai Library Association. The results concluded as follows: 1. The authors consisted of 67 persons and 4 organizations. The majority of 31 Thai authors were female, while that of 36 foreigners were male. Of all the authors, 18 contributed two or more writings accounting for 63 (56.25%) of the 112 writings. The 59 writings (52.68%) indicated reference sources. The writings of 63 items were cited for 171 times in the writings themselves, and those of 60 items for 174 times in masters' theses on Library Science, Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University during the years 1965-1979. 2. The findings of the content of writings analyzed as follows: (a) For every ten years from 1908-1979, the majority of the writing of the foreigners emphasized subject content as follows: 1908-1950 National Library; 1951-1979 college and university libraries. For 1954-1979, those of the Thais had various emphasis on the following subject content: 1954-1960 National Library; 1961-1970 library education, training and research; 1971-1979 college and university libraries. (b) Most of the 112 writings divided by types of writings covered types of library and information resources, followed by those covering books and bibliographical control, library education, training and research and Thai Library Association. Library background had the fewest writings. (c) A survey of the quantity in each content category revealed that 41 writings cover only one category. There were 35, 22, 10 and 4 writings respectively covering two, three, four and five categories. Of 41 writings with one content category, 23 covered types of library and information resources, and 1 covered 2 categories of library background and Thai Library Association. (d) The main topics included the following categories: 1) Writings concerning books and bibliographical control emphasized bibliographies, lists of periodicals and union lists of serials; general books and textbooks; readers, reading obstacles, problems and recommendations. 2) Writings concerning library background emphasized history and development of modern libraries since 1951. 3) Writings concerning types of library emphasized library resources, status and personnel; library problems and recommendations; services and bibliographical control; readers services and library activities. 4) Writing concerning library education, training and research emphasized education levels and general curricula; history and development of library education; students and the faclty. 5) Writing concerning Thai Library Association emphasized its publications. It was recommended that these English writings should be widely publicized and utilized in library tudies in order to broaden the understranding of libraries and library science in Thailand, and in solving library problems and improving library work as well as other related subjects. A working plan for the accumulation of these writings should be initiated for the purposes of a well-organized system and information retrieval.
