1. 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 jlau@uv.mx / jtarango@uach.mx www.jesuslau.com Director, USBI VER Library / Coordinator, Virtual UV Library Universidad Veracruzana / DGB Veracruz, México

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. State Universities by Enrollment Size

8. Average student population by university size

9. 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

10. Library Management Systems Survey – FIRST Component

11. Library Management Systems

12. Computer for Users / Computer Staff Survey – SECOND Component

13. Computers for Library Users University Size Average Computer number for library users Average student population* Average students per computer Small1668,33850.22 Medium10523,481223.62 Large59155,94894.44 *Numbers provided by ANUIES (2002), ANUIES (2008)

14. 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)

15. Virtual Library Software Survey – THIRD Component

16. Virtual Reference Software

18. Use of Search Engines

19. Search Engines

20. Search Engine Software

21. Use of Library Management Software

22. Use of digital document repositories

23. Digital Document Repositories

24. Social Network Tools Survey – FOURTH Component

25. Social Networks Tools

26. Social Networks Tools Use by University size Social Network Tool % University SizeSmallMediumLarge Listservs 0.0033.008.00 Twitter 0.0013.338.00 Blog 40.0013.3327.00 Facebook 20.0027.0016.00 Youtube 0.00 8.00 Flickr 0.00 8.00 Wiki 27.000.0016.00 Discussion Forums 27.0013.338.00

27. 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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