DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT DATABASES IN LABORATORY OF THE HOME ECONOMICS PROGRAM AT THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PIBULSONGKRAM RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The research objectives were to: 1) study conditions and guidelines for database development of material and equipment in a laboratory of the Home Economics Program, 2) develop information system for material and equipment database management, and 3) investigate database users’ satisfaction towards the use of information system for material and equipment database management. The satisfaction of database users was studied from 92 students in Home Economics program, Faculty of Science and Technology, Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University. The tool in this research was questionnaire, while the statistical values used for data analysis were percentage, mean, and standard deviation (S.D.).

The results showed that there was a total of 168 laboratory materials and equipment and 164 of them were usable (97.6%) while four of them were out of order (2.4%). A web application was created to be able to search and retrieve the database, check the status of use, borrow and return materials and equipment via online system. The users’ satisfaction towards material and equipment database showed  that usability, design and layout, and benefits of the database were assessed at a high level. However, the overall satisfaction of database users was at the highest level (= 4.55, S.D. = 0.508).