CHANGING ROLE OF LIBRARIAN 2013 SURVEY ON LIBRARIAN IN CHINA

CALIS Annual Meeting – Tianjin, China – May 2013

Boe Horton – Vice President – Asia Pacific

Research Methodology

• Thank CALIS and thank all the DRAA librarians assisting this study

• Qualitative electronic survey hosted by CALIS and ProQuest

• Number of Respondents: 180 (out of about 800 members)

• Survey Period: April, 2013

Authoritative content

Discover solutions

Vital management tools

Demographic Breakdown of Respondents

Others7.92%

IT System12.81%

Reference53.05%

Acquisistion26.22%

During your daily work, did you use mouse more than pen?

Totally Agree76.67%

Agree21.91%

Disagree0.56%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Totally Agree

0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 30.00% 35.00% 40.00% 45.00% 50.00%

1.11%

2.78%

22.22%

46.11%

27.78%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Totally Agree

0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00%

0.56%

3.33%

13.33%

53.89%

28.89%

Strongly Disagree

Neutral

Totally Agree

0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 30.00% 35.00% 40.00% 45.00% 50.00%

0.56%

2.22%

22.78%

46.67%

27.78%

Computer System

Communication Skills

Time Management

Would you like to attend more training programs on the following subjects?

When there is no corresponding resources for certain enquiries from the library users:

• You prefer acquiring the resource through Interlibrary Loan System instead of direct purchase (either electronic or printed resources).

Totally Agree22.78%

Agree46.11%

Neutral22.78%

Disagree7.78%

Strongly Disagree

0.56%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Totally Agree

0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00%

16.11%

57.22%

15%

9.44%

2.22%

• Archived and kept private due to their rareness and scarcity.

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Totally Agree

0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 30.00% 35.00% 40.00% 45.00% 50.00%

0.56%

12.22%

20%

47.78%

19.44%

• Turned into electronic resources and released selectively for better preservation.

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Totally Agree

0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 30.00% 35.00% 40.00% 45.00% 50.00%

1.11%

9.44%

21.67%

46.11%

21.67%

• Turned into electronic resources and released openly for wider circulation.

Special Collections in libraries should be:

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Totally Agree

0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00%

0%

1.11%

17.78%

55%

26.11%

When providing consultation to library users:

• They are willing to come to you for more resources when doing research.

• If there are better search engines, you can provide the library users with more related data.

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Totally Agree

0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00%

0%

0.56%

12.78%

58.33%

28.33%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Totally Agree

0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00%

8.89%

51.67%

23.33%

13.89%

2.22%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Totally Agree

0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00%

0%

2.22%

13.89%

56.67%

27.22%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Totally Agree

0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 30.00% 35.00% 40.00% 45.00% 50.00%

0%

0.56%

22.22%

46.11%

31.11%

• There is no need for specific software platform, having a reference desk, consulting hotline and Email address is enough.

• Having some popular instant messaging tools (e.g. QQ) will be both convenient and efficient.

• It is better to have some professional consulting software platforms which will be easier to manage and maintain.

About the communication platform between you and library users:

• You can make standardized usage reports when purchasing library resources.

Totally Agree

13.33%

Agree37.22%

Neutral38.89%

Disagree10%

Strongly Disagree0.56%

About the usage of database:

About the usage of database:

• If there is a comparison of the cumulative usage of different databases, it would be helpful to make purchase decision.

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Totally Agree

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

0%

2.78%

6.11%

45%

46.11%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Totally Agree

0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 70.00%

0%

0.56%

11.67%

60.56%

27.22%

• Nowadays, libraries should provide more space for students to meet and study in the libraries.

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Totally Agree

0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 30.00% 35.00% 40.00% 45.00% 50.00%

2.78%

48.33%

27.22%

16.11%

5.56%

• In order to save the space in libraries, more printed books should be collected outside libraries.

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Totally Agree

0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00%

0%

0.56%

13.89%

55.56%

30%

• Libraries should provide more E-Books for students to use.

About the spatial arrangement of the library:

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Totally Agree

0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 70.00%

0%

0.56%

6.11%

63.33%

12.22%

About the change of librarians’ job nature:

• My job nature has changed considerably when compared with that of a few years ago.

• There will be even more changes in my job nature in the coming few years.

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Totally Agree

0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00%

0%

3.89%

12.78%

59.44%

23.89%

About the change of librarians’ job nature:

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Source: US Dept of Education, NCES, Academic Libraries Survey, 1998-2008

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Reforming

Manipulating

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