โครงการใช้โทรทัศน์สำหรับห้องสมุดมหาวิทยาลัยในประเทศไทย / พรรณพิมล กุลบุญ = A proposed project in utilizing television for university libraries in Thailand / Panpimon Koonlaboon
Purpose It was the purpose of this thesis to study the role and value of television in education and in library administration and services and to propose a project of utilizing television for university libraries in Thailand. Procedure The method used in this study were: (1) documentary research through books, periodicals, documents and other related literatures concerning the use of television in education and in libraries; (2) interviews with people working on educational television; (3) questionnaires distributed to 17 central libraries to find out the actual condition of the libraries and their use of television; (4) analysis of data; and (5) proposal for utilizing television for university libraries in Thailand. Findings It was found that closed-circuit television could be employed by central libraries in Thailand both in administration and services. In library administration, television could help in: first, training clerical staffs of faculty libraries in order to achieve accuracy and orderliness in the routine works; second, supervising library rooms for the purposes of (1) security control (2) keeping the library in order and (3) helping users in solving library searching problems; third, publicizing library services to encourage students, faculty members and university officials to use more of library services, and advertising library programs. In library services, closed-circuit television system could also be employed to extend library services throughout the campus; enabling the central library to produce library programs for enriching knowledge of students, faculty members and university officials. Television could also help in library orientation to all first-year students and faculty members as well as a means for reference services. To ascertain the utmost efficiency of television utilization, the libraries should also set up a space for videotape programs to serve users.
