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Adoption of New Technology by
Mexican State University Libraries
Technology and Academic Libraries in Developing Nations
ACRL / ALA Annual Conference
Washington, DC, USA
June 26, 2010 - Saturday 10:30 – 12:00
Jesús Lau
Javier Tarango
[email protected] / [email protected]
www.jesuslau.com
Director, USBI VER Library / Coordinator, Virtual UV Library
Universidad Veracruzana / DGB
Veracruz, México
Topics
• University libraries overview
• State university libraries
• Technology adoption
• Opportunities to use technology
Demographics - Mexico
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14th in geographical size
7th in exports
3rd trade partner of the US
Largest Spanish-speaking country
2nd economy in Latin America / 14th in the world
A middle income country
Literacy 90%
Ranks with some of the best libraries in Latin
America
Higher Education Institutions
• Total = 2,895
• Private = 1,786 (33% student population)
• Public = 1,109 (67% student population)
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State universities
Technological institutes
Technological universities
Polytechnic universities
Teaching institutions
Library Statistics
Type
Centers
Volumes
School
4,689
17,162,907
Academic
*3,000
16,422,598
Special
*500
2,576,889
Public
7,211
27,067,572
National
1
1,250,000
Others
5
449,160
Total
15,406
64,179,126
Library Education
• Nine library and information science schools
• 7 Undergraduate
• 4 Master’s programs
• 1 Ph.D
• Two distance programs (One is web-based)
• Two Archive study programs
• About 4,000 library graduates
State Universities by Enrollment Size
Average student population by
university size
Survey
• 36 cases
• State University Libraries / excluded Mexico City
• The largest and best equiped
• Attend the largest number of students
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Survey: 11 questions
Four technology components:
– Management software
– Virtual information services
– Computers for users
– Social network tools
Survey – FIRST Component
Library Management Systems
Library Management Systems
Survey – SECOND Component
Computer for Users /
Computer Staff
Computers for Library Users
University
Size
Average Computer
number for library
users
Average
student
population*
Average
students per
computer
Small
166
8,338
50.22
Medium
105
23,481
223.62
Large
591
55,948
94.44
*Numbers provided by ANUIES (2002), ANUIES (2008)
Computer and Technology Staff
University
Size
Average
student
population*
Average number of
personnel appointed
to serve computer
and technology
needs
Small
8,338
4,07
2,048
Medium
23,481
3,33
7,044
Large
55,948
6,66
5,391
*Numbers provided by ANUIES (2002), ANUIES (2008)
Average student
population by
computer and
technology staff
Survey – THIRD Component
Virtual Library Software
Virtual Reference Software
Virtual Reference Software
Use of Search Engines
Search Engines
Search Engine Software
Use of Library Management Software
Use of digital document repositories
Digital Document Repositories
Survey – FOURTH Component
Social Network Tools
Social Networks Tools
Social Networks Tools Use by University size
Social Network Tool %
University Size
Small
Medium
Large
Listservs
0.00
33.00
8.00
Twitter
0.00
13.33
8.00
Blog
40.00
13.33
27.00
Facebook
20.00
27.00
16.00
Youtube
0.00
0.00
8.00
Flickr
0.00
0.00
8.00
Wiki
27.00
0.00
16.00
Discussion
Forums
27.00
13.33
8.00
Conclusions
• State university libraries are slow in adopting
technology
• There is a great opportunity for technology
training
• Budget can be a problem
• Challenges:
– Hire professional librarians
– increase directors retention rate
– reduce staff union decision power
References
Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior,
ANUIES. (2008). Estadísticas de la Educación Superior. (En Línea) Fecha de consulta:
Abril, 1, 2010 En: http://www.anuies.mx/servicios/e_educacion/index2.php
Attewell, J. (2005). Mobile technologies and learning: A technology update and mlearning project summary, Technology Enhanced Learning Research Centre, Learning and
Skills Development Agency. (Online). Retrieved, April 1, 2010 from
http://www.lsda.org.uk/files/PDF/041923RS.pdf
Consejo Nacional para Asuntos Bibliotecarios de las Instituciones de Educación
Superior, CONPAB-IES (2005). Normas para bibliotecas de instituciones de educación
superior e investigación. Guadalajara, México: CONPAB-IES.
Lau, J. (2009). Mexican libraries, archives and museums: a snapshot. In: Encyclopedia of
Library and Information Science, New York: Marcel Dekker.
Sanz Menéndez, L. (2003). Análisis de redes sociales: o cómo representar las
estructuras sociales subyacentes. Apuntes de Ciencia y Tecnología, Nº 7, junio, pp. 2129.
References
Sanz Menéndez, L. (2003). Análisis de redes sociales: o cómo representar las
estructuras sociales subyacentes. Apuntes de Ciencia y Tecnología, Nº 7, junio, pp. 2129.
World Trade Organization. International trade statistics 2009. Retrieved June 25,
2010 from
http://www.wto.org/spanish/res_s/statis_s/its2009_s/its09_world_trade_dev_s.pdf