A STUDY OF LIBRARY USAGE AND USAGE NEEDS OF GRADE 10 STUDENTH, DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL OF SUAN SUNANDHA RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY

Woranuch  Phromwong; Sudarat  Srima

Woranuch Phromwong Secondary Demonstration School, SuanSunandhaRajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand
Sudarat Srima Secondary Demonstration School, SuanSunandhaRajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand

Keywords: information resource and library usage

Abstract

This paper aims to 1) to study library usage and problems of grade 10 students and 2) study needs for library in grade 10 students. Simple random sampling was utilized and 95 grade 10 students in academic years 2019 in Demonstration School of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University were selected into a sample group. A tool was a questionnaire. The study showed that most students in the sample group used the library once a week at 16:00-17:00 hours to mostly search information related to study guides and to research into learning materials. As for problems related to library usages, the students did not possess usage knowledge and their needs and information resources did not align. After investigating needs for library, it was in moderate level as most of students were in needs of study guides and demanded a longer operating hour; moreover, an up-to-date and more efficient information retrieval networks were highly demanded.