Abstract:
The purposes of this study were to collect Library and Information Science Technical Terms from journal articles, text books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and electronic media; to develop the database of Library and Information Science Technical Terms; to test and evaluate the developed database. Thirty-four Library and Information Science graduate students and librarians were used as samples for the study a the evaluators of the developed database. The instrument employd in collecting the data was a set of five level rating scale questionnaires. The statistics used in analyzing the data were mean and standard deviation.The Library and Information Science Technical Terms database, was constructed by Microsoft Access 2000 application. The developed database was able to perform as follows; 1) add and edit data; 2) retrieve either Thai or English vocabulary from simple or advanced search; 3) show the results and print out the report in various formats both by monitor and printer; 4) protect the unauthorized access by using password; and 5) the user interface system was mainly in the switchboard format. The results of the database satisfaction by the evaluators revealed that the performance including the program and database access, vocabulary and glossary, searching operating, and user interface were found of being at a high level, with the suggestions that the database should be search via the Internet, more attractive, more updated vocabularies. Moreover, the database using promotion should be done broadly.