Technology Inventory and Assessment

Dr. Kathleen R. MurrayProject Manager

krm0028@unt.edu

Dr. William E. MoenPrincipal Investigator

wemoen@unt.edu

Texas Council of Community College LibrariansSeptember 19, 2002

Austin, Texas

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Content

I. ZLOT project

II. Technology inventory & assessment

III. Results

IV. Conclusions

V. Future plans

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ZLOT Project

ZLOT ProjectResource Discovery Service•Virtual Catalog•Search/Retrieval Interface

TIF Board

Library of Texas• Resource discovery service• TexShare databases• Electronic government

documents• Training librarians

TSLACFY 2001 - 2005

TXCDKFY 2002 -2003

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Survey Objectives

I. Technology capabilities

II. Proof of concept candidates

III. Challenges to LOT participation

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Participation

Type Invited Participated %

2-year Academic 57 24 42%

4-year Academic 90 49 54%

Public 551 293 53%

Total 698 368 53%

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Objective 1: Technology Capabilities

All Respondents 2-year

Early 130 17

Middle 115 7

Late 123 0

2-Year: Early Technology Adopters = 71%

Technology Adoption Categories

N=24

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Areas Analyzed

1. Library automation systems

2. Z39.50 standard

3. Information resources

4. Internet services

5. Technology-related needs

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Z39.50 Protocol

1. Z39.50 servers

2. Z39.50 clients

3. Z39.50 utilization

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Z39.50 Servers

79%

58%

84%

43%

31%

47%

65%61%

0%

10%

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70%

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90%

2-Year Academic Public Sample

Included

Running

N=24

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Z39.50 Clients

88%78%

68%

43% 51%57% 55%

64%

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100%

2-Year Academic Public Sample

Included

Running

N=24

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Z39.50 Utilization

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%

Other

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Refer

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Tech

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2-Year

Academic

Public

Sample

N=14

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Information Resources

1. Catalog records

2. Patron access• Library• Internet

3. Authentication

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Patron Access

Library Internet

OPAC 24 24

Other OPAC 21 -

TexShare DB 24 16

Commercial DB 21 16

CDROM 8 1

Sample: Internet Access to OPAC = 58%N=24

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Authentication

Catalog Databases

Not restricted 18 1

ID & password 2 17

IP address 1 7

Proxy server 2 8

No access - 5

N=21, 24

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Internet Services

1. Website• Location of website• Website maintenance

2. Services on website

3. LAN

4. Internet access

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Website

2-year Academic Public Sample

Have website 100% 100% 62% 69%

Hosted in library 25% 45% 40% 42%

Maintained by library 62% 81% 70% 73%

N=23, 24, 24

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Internet Access

0%

10%

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90%

100%

Sample Public Academic 2-year

ISDN at 128 Kbps

T-1 (1.544 Mbps)

T-3 (45 Mbps)

N=347,278,69,24

Fastest Connections

88%

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Needs

1. Internet access• Computers• Connection speed

2. Staff

3. Training

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Internet Access

2-Year Sample

Sufficient # Computers 88% 72%

Sufficient Connection 83% 71%

N= 24, 349, 23, 341

Patron Needs

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Training

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2-Year

Academic

Public

N= 24, 70, 282

Funding Needs

1 10

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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

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Challenges for LOT

1. Patron needs2. Resource sharing3. Value4. TexShare usage

1 2 3 4 5

Disagreement Agreement

42%Not

Sure

VISION of LOT

N=24

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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

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Conclusions

Late technology adopters Unique needs and characteristics Primarily small public libraries

Challenges for LOT participation Communicating the vision TexShare usage

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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

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What’s Next?

ZLOT project: 2002 Proof of concept evaluation Architectural design for RDS Public specifications Evaluation plan for overall LOT

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Thanks!

Bill Moen wemoen@unt.edu

Kathleen Murray krm0028@unt.edu

LOT

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/lot

ZLOT Project

http://www.unt.edu/zlot/

Texas Center for Digital Knowledge

http://www.txcdk.org/