Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to investigate information resources, to collect the general data of entrepreneurs in industrial estates in Chonburi, and to present these data in the form of web page on the Internet. The sample consisted of company managers and the persons who were in charge of information services in the libraries or the information corners of 228 companies in the industrial estates in Chonburi. A questionnaire was used for collecting the data. Frequency and percentage were used to analyze the data.The findings were as follows:1. Enterpreneurs : There were 228 companies in the industrial estates in Chonburi : the highest number was 129 in Amata Nakorn; second was 81 in Leam Chabang; and last was 18 in Bo Win (Chonburi). Most of them, 68 companies, were classified into the forth-type category of industry : metal products, machines, transportation equipment (auto equipment). Next, 48 companies, were in the fifty-type category : electronics and electrical appliances (air-conditioners). Finally, 20 companies were in the second-type category : mining, ceramics, and basic metalwork. As classified by size, 119 were medium-size ; 0 were small-size, and 14 were large-sized.2. Libraries and information corners : Twenty-five of all entrepreneurs in the industrial estates in Chonburi were found having a library or an information corner within the company. But only 5 were subsidized an annual budget of 30,000-60,000 baht. The persons who were in charge of information services were mostly administrative staff. The classification system of information or information resources were mainly by general topic contents. The main searching device to get an access to information or information resources were computer database. Most users were internal staff.3. Information resources : Information resources found were 500-1,500 Thai-language books and 1-3 newspaper titles in the libraries or information corners. Foreign-language books, academic or semi-academic journals, study reports, foreign language newspapers, seminar reports, organization publications, audio-visual media and electronic media were not available in most of them.