การสำรวจสถานภาพการทำงานของบัณฑิต (ปีการศึกษา 2502-2516) และมหาบัณฑิต (ปีการศึกษา 2507-2516) สาขาวิชาบรรณารักษศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย / ชุติมา สัจจานันท์ = A survey of the professional status of graduates of the bachelor's program (1959-1973) and the master's program (1964-1973) in Library Science, Chulalongkorn University / Chutima Sacchanand
The objectives of this thesis were to study the qualifications and the background of knowledge of graduates of the Bachelor’s Program and the Master’s Program, the trends of their interest in library science and the library profession; to conduct a survey of the areas in their work after graduation, the characteristics and the types of work, their professional status, the application of knowledge in the performance of their jobs, problems encountered by them and their desire in assuming their duties; to investigate their continuing studies, professional training or observation tours after graduating from the department; and to get their attitudes and suggestions in all aspects made to the Library Science Department. The research methods used in this thesis are documentary research through book, periodicals and other printed materials concerning library education at Chulalongkorn University, and questionnaires sent out to 230 graduates of the Bachelor’s Program and 30 graduates of the Master’s Program. 198 answered questionnaires (86.09%) have been returned from graduates of the Bachelor’s Program, and 30 answered questionnaires from all graduates of the Master’s Program. Research results conclude as follow: The majority of graduates of the Bachelor’s Program (97.47%) and the Master’s Program (93.33%) were female. The average age of graduates of the Bachelor’s Program was 29.02 years old and the Master’s Program was 34.43 years old. Graduates of the Bachelor’s Program had the same background of knowledge and almost the same age while studying in the department. But the background of knowledge and the age of graduates in the Master’s Program varied to great extent. The majority of graduates of the Master’s Program already received the bachelor’s degree in the humanities and came from the teaching profession. The interests in library science of the majority of graduates of the Bachelor’s Program (38.89%) occurred while studying a course in the “Use of Books and Libraries” in the first year while those of graduates in the Master’s Program (36.67%) occurred when taking responsibility in library work. The major motivation to library science of the majority of graduates in the Bachelor’s Program (63.34%) was the fact that they could applied professional knowledge to other subjects of study and research. As for graduates of the Master’s Program (56.67%), it was to increase the abilities, experience and progress in the profession. The highest number of graduates of both groups (64.14% and 80.00%) chose this subject at their preference. After their graduation from the department, the majority of graduates of the Bachelor’s Program became civil servants; the major positions were librarians, faculty members or college officials working in the libraries, and teachers working in the libraries respectively. But now the sequences have been changed to librarians, faculty members or college officials working in other fields, and faculty members or college officials working in the libraries. The majority of graduates of the Master’s Program which were government officials, after graduating from the department, reassumed their former positions. Positions held were librarians and faculty members or college officials working in the libraries. But now these two positions are equal in numbers. As for the reason of being practicing librarians, the highest number of graduates of the Bachelor’s Program (77.78%) and the Master’s Program (84.62%) wanted to apply professional knowledge in performing their work. On the average, graduates of the Bachelor’s Program has 5.96 years of working experience and those of the Master’s Program had 12 year. 4.5 and 9.03 year were the average years of working experience in the libraries of graduates of the Bachelor’s Program and the Master’s Program respectively. Nowadays, the majority of graduates of the Bachelor’s Program and the Master’s Program (59.08% and 86.67%) work in the libraries and the highest number of these two groups (35.35% and 63.33%) work in college and university libraries. The duty performed by the highest number of both groups (38.45% and 30.77%) is the classification and cataloging of books. The majority of graduated of the Bachelor’s Program (52.99%) performed library duties only but those in the Master’s Program (53.85%) had to teach library science also. Graduates of the Bachelor’s Program and the Master’s Program apply professional knowledge studied from the Department to perform their duties in various types of libraries moderately and greatly on the average. They encountered problems moderately and less on the average. Their suggestions to the Department for profession activities in order to help them in their work are averagely great. The majorly of graduates of the Bachelor’s Program and Master’s Program (60.61% and 90.00%) participated in the special activities by being members of professional or learned associations but only a small number of them were elected to serve on their executive boards. A small number of graduates of the Bachelor’s Program and the Master’s Program had publications in the form of scholarly books or articles. The majority of their works concerned with library science and appeared more in the form of articles than books. Moreover, graduates of the Bachelor’s Program (11.11%) and the Master’s Program (56.67%) were invited to serve as resource persons in libraries and library science. Graduates of the Bachelor’s Program (49.50%) and the Master’s Program (33.33%) had furthered their studies or training or made observation tours in various fields after graduation from the department but mostly in the field of library science. Graduates of the Bachelor’s Program and the Master’s Program both librarian groups and other professional groups were of the opinion that the educational program offered by the Department is moderately organized. Suggestions for the improvement of the curriculum, the orientation, teaching staff, teaching process, field works, activities for the promotion of training process and other aspects were given. The main recommendations are as follows: (1) The Library Science Department should select candidates of the two levels in consideration of their desire or opportunity to actually apply their knowledge in performing their jobs after graduation. (2) The Library Science Department should play the role in the promotion of the librarian’s status and make it equivalent to that in other professions. (3) The data, the ideas and the proposals suggested in this thesis should serve as guidelines for the Department in improving the curriculum, the organization in various aspects so as to be of assistance to graduates in both levels in their library work.
