Technology Inventory and Assessment Dr. Kathleen R. Murray Project Manager Dr. William E. Moen Principal Investigator Texas Council of Community College Librarians September 19, 2002 Austin, Texas

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 2 Content I.ZLOT project II.Technology inventory & assessment III.Results IV.Conclusions V.Future plans

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 3 ZLOT Project Resource Discovery Service Virtual Catalog Search/Retrieval Interface TIF Board Library of Texas Resource discovery service TexShare databases Electronic government documents Training librarians TSLAC FY TXCDK FY

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 4 Survey Objectives I.Technology capabilities II.Proof of concept candidates III.Challenges to LOT participation

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 5 Participation TypeInvitedParticipated% 2-year Academic572442% 4-year Academic904954% Public % Total %

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 6 Objective 1: Technology Capabilities All Respondents2-year Early13017 Middle1157 Late Year: Early Technology Adopters = 71% Technology Adoption Categories N=24

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 7 Areas Analyzed 1.Library automation systems 2.Z39.50 standard 3.Information resources 4.Internet services 5.Technology-related needs

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 8 Z39.50 Protocol 1.Z39.50 servers 2.Z39.50 clients 3.Z39.50 utilization

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 9 Z39.50 Servers N=24

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 10 Z39.50 Clients N=24

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 11 Z39.50 Utilization N=14

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 12 Information Resources 1.Catalog records 2.Patron access Library Internet 3.Authentication

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 13 Patron Access LibraryInternet OPAC24 Other OPAC21- TexShare DB2416 Commercial DB2116 CDROM81 Sample: Internet Access to OPAC = 58% N=24

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 14 Authentication CatalogDatabases Not restricted181 ID & password217 IP address17 Proxy server28 No access-5 N=21, 24

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 15 Internet Services 1.Website Location of website Website maintenance 2.Services on website 3.LAN 4.Internet access

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 16 Website 2-yearAcademicPublicSample Have website100% 62%69% Hosted in library25%45%40%42% Maintained by library62%81%70%73% N=23, 24, 24

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 17 Internet Access N=347,278,69,24 Fastest Connections 88%

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 18 Needs 1.Internet access Computers Connection speed 2.Staff 3.Training

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 19 Internet Access 2-YearSample Sufficient # Computers88%72% Sufficient Connection83%71% N= 24, 349, 23, 341 Patron Needs

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 20 Training N= 24, 70, 282 Funding Needs 110

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 21 Objective 3: Challenges for LOT 1.Patron needs 2.LOT vision 3.Openness to resource sharing 4.Value of a virtual library 5.TexShare usage

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 22 Challenges for LOT 1.Patron needs 2.Resource sharing 3.Value 4.TexShare usage DisagreementAgreement 42% Not Sure VISION of LOT N=24

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 23 Conclusions Infrastructure in place  Z39.50 servers and clients  Computers and internet connections Needs  Automation system training  Automation system support staff  Web services and skills

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 24 Conclusions Late technology adopters  Unique needs and characteristics  Primarily small public libraries Challenges for LOT participation  Communicating the vision  TexShare usage

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 25 Applying Results  Proof of concept demonstrations Candidate identification  Resource discovery service architecture Accommodate technology adoption Framework for document delivery  Areas of future study Late technology adopters Non-operational Z39.50 clients and servers Web-accessibility of catalogs

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 26 What’s Next? ZLOT project: 2002  Proof of concept evaluation  Architectural design for RDS  Public specifications  Evaluation plan for overall LOT

9/19/02Texas Council of Community College Librarians 27 Thanks! Bill Moen Kathleen Murray LOT ZLOT Project Texas Center for Digital Knowledge