Technological scenarios for the new normality in latin american academic libraries (Survey Results)

The study began by defining the research question: How did information technologies impact Latin American academic libraries during the period of social isolation?

The tool consists of questions related to technologies, services, users, training of librarians, and finally, questions about their future perspectives. QuestionPro was chosen as the software for information processing.

After a final review of the instrument, a pilot test was carried out resulting in fifteen questionnaires that are being completed by librarians from seven Latin American countries. After asking and developing some more detailed questions, a final version was structured and distributed to a community of librarians who participated in a web seminar called "From Automation to Discovery": Information Technologies in the Academic Library" by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

A total of 1638 participants began the survey of which 1144 were able to complete it. Of these, only the information of 749 participants who are within the category of university academic libraries was analyzed.

本项研究伊始，即明确了研究问题：信息技术在社交隔离期间对拉丁美洲学术图书馆的影响究竟如何？研究工具由一系列与技术、服务、用户、图书管理员培训及未来展望相关的问题构成。信息处理软件选定为QuestionPro。在完成对研究工具的最终审查后，进行了一次试点测试，从而形成了十五份调查问卷，这些问卷由来自七个拉丁美洲国家的图书管理员完成。在提出并发展一些更为详细的问题之后，最终版本的结构被构建并分发给参与由墨西哥国立自治大学举办的名为“从自动化到发现”——学术图书馆信息技术”的网络研讨会的图书管理员社区。总计1638名参与者开始了问卷调查，其中1144人完成了调查。在这其中，仅对749名属于大学学术图书馆类别的参与者信息进行了分析。