Abstract:
This study on information system develop ment for managing local wisdom elites database for
the sustainability of community businesses, aimed to explore and develop the database of local wisdom
elites through the use of information system. The researchers studied the existing database of local wisdom
elites and found that currently the body of knowledge of the local wisdom elites, which had been gathered
and recorded in the form of books, may be lost with the passing of time. There have been some attempts
to document those body of knowledge on the Internet, which is inconvenient for searching and stored
unsystematically. Users who would like to search for the information of these local wisdom elites are
unable to do. Such body of knowledge is invaluable and should be documented more systematically and
in a way that is more convenient for retrieving so that later generations may be able to utilize it and build
up sustainableand efficient community or local businesses. The researchershave also studied users needs
related to the information system development for the database of local wisdom elites for the sustainability
of community businesses. Then the results of the studies were analyzed in order to design the system by
using data flow diagram as the system design tools in order to see the overall system, the work process
and the ER diagram. The information system was developed in the form of web application which used
PHP language connecting to the database system MySQL which could be used through online web browsers.
The internal system was designed toaccommodateinformation management, system users, and management of
local wisdom elites infor mation. The research findings are as follows:
- The system administrators were able to manage system users information, to oversee the
system usage by the users and to manage local wisdom elitesinformation.
- The local wisdom elites were able to fill in the information conveniently. The users unders tood
and wereable toedit the route information which meant that the development of the infor mation system
was able to enhance the infor mation of local wisdom elites.
This shows that the development of an information system for managing the database of villagers
for the sustainability of the community business can support the villagers' information effectively. The
developed system was tested for efficacy and quality by a sample group of 10 people, 10 villagers in
Tambol Rum Daeng, 10 people in Khlong Dan Sub-district, in Songkhla Province. A total of 30 people were
studied in the first semester of the 2015 academic year and used a questionnaire to collect data and
analyze the data by statistical data. The data was collected using questionnaires and analyzed using
descriptive statistics. The results of the analysis of studies from 30 sets of questionnaires on the system
user's satisfaction with databases were found satisfaction on the effectiveness of the website, the login part, 61
and the ability of the user subscription site with the average scores of 5.00 (xˉ = 5.00). Functionality
comments, according to the website menu, were found to prevent potential errors. And the level of
reliability of the website of the folk scholars database in Songkhla Province was equally satisfied with the
average scores of 4.67 (xˉ = 4.67).