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, Saturday 10:30 – 12:00 Jesús Lau Javier Tarango / Director, USBI VER Library / Coordinator, Virtual UV Library Universidad Veracruzana / DGB Veracruz, México

University libraries overview State university libraries Technology adoption Opportunities to use technology Topics

Demographics - Mexico 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) –State universities –Technological institutes –Technological universities –Polytechnic universities –Teaching institutions

Library Statistics TypeCentersVolumes School4,68917,162,907 Academic*3,00016,422,598 Special*5002,576,889 Public7,21127,067,572 National11,250,000 Others5449,160 Total15,40664,179,126

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

36 cases State University Libraries / excluded Mexico City The largest and best equiped Attend the largest number of students Survey: 11 questions Four technology components: –Management software –Virtual information services –Computers for users –Social network tools Survey

Library Management Systems Survey – FIRST Component

Library Management Systems

Computer for Users / Computer Staff Survey – SECOND Component

Computers for Library Users University Size Average Computer number for library users Average student population* Average students per computer Small1668, Medium10523, Large59155, *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 Average student population by computer and technology staff Small8,3384,072,048 Medium23,4813,337,044 Large55,9486,665,391 *Numbers provided by ANUIES (2002), ANUIES (2008)

Virtual Library Software Survey – THIRD Component

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

Social Network Tools Survey – FOURTH Component

Social Networks Tools

Social Networks Tools Use by University size Social Network Tool % University SizeSmallMediumLarge Listservs Twitter Blog Facebook Youtube Flickr Wiki Discussion Forums

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 Conclusions

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