A Study of Behavior and Factors in Accepting the Use of a Digital Repository System: A Case Study of the SRU Intellectual Repository System

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Abstract

The objectives of this research article were (1) to study the users’ behaviors on the use of information service system of Surat Thani Rajabhat University’s research document repository system and (2) to study factors influencing the acceptance of using research document repository systems of Surat Thani Rajabhat University. This was a quantitative research and 865 stratified random samples were teachers, students, and staffs. Data was collected through questionnaires and analyzed for a percentage value, an average, a standard deviation and a multiple linear regression.

The results found (1) the behaviors on the use of information service system of research document repository system (1.1) most of the respondents had bachelor degree which was 592 samples or 68.4 %. For the status of the respondents, 420 samples or 48.6 % were students and 200 samples or 23.1 % were in academical supporting department. (1.2) For the behavior on using research document repository system, most of the respondents spent a single time of 1-2 hours on research document repository system which was 295 samples or 34.1%, and the highest frequency of the accessibility to the research document repository system was less than 5 times in 542 samples which were calculated to 62.7%, the major purpose of accessing the research document repository system was to search for research documents in 438 samples which was 50.6%. (2) The most important factor in the acceptance of a research document repository system (2.1) the opinions about factors for accepting the use of research document repository system found that the respondents paid the most attention on quality of the data ( = 4.28). The next factor is repository quality ( = 4.07), the perceived usefulness ( = 3.97), the behavioral intention to use ( = 3.80), the perceived ease of use ( = 3.76). (2.2) Factors for accepting the use of research document repository system, a perceived usefulness, a perceived ease of use, and a quality of the system had a direct influence on the intention of using the system, but the data quality did not have any effects on the behavioral intention to use. The data quality, system quality and the perceived usefulness influenced the perceived usefulness, and the system quality influenced the perceived ease of use.