Archive for November, 2009

Open Source in Libraries: Survey Results Pt 4

What type of library do you work in? Total %
Academic Library

395

42.93

Special Library

116

12.61

Large Public Library

63

6.85

Medium Public Library

138

15.00

Small Public Library

80

8.70

One Person Library

10

1.09

School Library

6

0.65

I’m a Student

16

1.74

I’m unemployed at the moment

5

0.54

I don’t work in a library (but I do work with libraries)

62

6.74

Other

29

3.15

Grand Total

920

Of the 62 who answered that they didn’t work in a library, but with libraries, 49 provided clarification:

  • I work for a provincial library, and am seconded part time to a library consortium providing shared ILS services.
  • work for ILS vendor
  • I work for a consortium who provides the ILS, Portal, online resources access and manages all the hardware and software for 3 separate academic institutions, overall there are 15 separate libraries between the 3 schools. All are undergraduate schools.
  • I am a library school professor.
  • I tutor students in different subjects regarding Library Sciences.
  • Research
  • I work for a state funded Regional Library System that provides support and services (consulting, CE, etc.) for all types of libraries in the geographic area.
  • shelving new materials, etc
  • I teach in a library school.
  • Member Services Manager for a library consortium (we run their ILS)
  • regional library service provider
  • Collaborate on data sharing technologies for science data curation.
  • I am supporting an open source software for digital libraries and repositories. On behalf of this i am in contact with several university libraries in Germany
  • I plan on developing and deploying thin-client solutions for library patrons
  • I am currently the Institutional Repository Manager and webmaster of The Library Portal
  • Support, training, developing new products
  • I work for a statewide consortium of academic and public libraries.
  • Technology Support/Development
  • consulting, training
  • I am fulltime developer for the digital library software used by our digital repository and library
  • We are the headquarters of the biggest German library consortium (GBV). We are running the whole technology backend and most of the local ILSes for our members (more than 400 libraries).
  • Koha support company
  • Work for consortium organization
  • education
  • I am a PhD. student and also an editor of a LIS journal.
  • Counseling and Support
  • I am a university lecturer who teaches Library and Information Science.
  • I’m a Koha Developer
  • I’m lecturer at Librarianship and Information Science
  • Work at a State Library
  • support libraries of all types (especially publics) at the technology end, providing support, troubleshooting, installing, purchasing consulting, automation advice, etc.
  • Provide software and services to support digital collection management
  • Very large library cooperative.
  • We’re a consortia of public libraries.
  • Work at a library system providing cataloging and technical knowledge/support.
  • Consultant/systems integrator
  • formerly employed as a coder in a research group at UVa.  creator of Blacklight, library savvy Solr-arian
  • Service agency for public libraries
  • Setup KOHA systems, and train them how to use them.
  • I provide technical support for libraries
  • I work for an agency that provides training, some tech support, and other services for public, academic, school, and special libraries.
  • Book and other materials vendor to libraries, as a librarian cataloger.
  • System manager for shared propriety ILS.  Also manage open source web and mail servers.
  • I work for the Colorado State Library as a technical consultant, and Plinkit Coordinator. Plinkit is based on Open Source software (Plone) and used as a product/service to help libraries create and host websites. The state provides this service to public libraries for free.
  • Provide training and tech support to libraries of all types
  • Via a regional library consortium
  • I’m a cataloger for a large book wholesaler. I’m also an MLIS student.
  • I do technology training/teaching and program coordination.
  • full time faculty at LIS program

While there were only 29 who answered other, 141 people gave answers:

  • Consulting
  • Special Collections
  • Interlibrary Loan
  • Research
  • All
  • Collections
  • Technical Services
  • Web design, interlibrary loan
  • Special & Digital Collections
  • marketing
  • Branch librarian (little bit of everything)
  • trouble shooting and enhancement for ILS and portal and online resource access
  • Tech Services (incl. serials, cataloging, etc)
  • Instruction
  • Information Literacy
  • There is only 1 department; my coworker and I share all duties
  • digitization, web site…
  • Donor Relations
  • PR
  • Digital library
  • Special Collections
  • Library Sciences Teacher
  • Systems. Same as IT?
  • Interlibrary Loan
  • Youth Services
  • web site
  • Outreach Librarian
  • Digital Collections, part of the Special Collections division
  • Special collections / Archives
  • consultant
  • Young Adult
  • I’m on the web team
  • All of the Above…I am the library
  • Small library director – I do it all :)
  • all – solo
  • Director
  • some instruction
  • Interlibrary Loan
  • Administration
  • Web development, Children’s Services, Collection Development
  • Adult & Teen services
  • R&A
  • Public Relations
  • Instruction
  • Website (this is a different department from IT in my library)
  • The library is run by volunteers so I do a bit of everything, but mainly IT and cataloguing.
  • R & D
  • Instruction
  • I work in all departments because my library is very small in a Research Institute
  • Digital Collections
  • database searching
  • instruction
  • School Librarian
  • Web Content Team
  • only 2 of us..we do it all.
  • Youth services (really? why don’t you have this as an option….there’s a bunch of us out here)
  • Special Collections (manuscripts & Archives)
  • Electronic Text Centre
  • small library – no such divisions
  • I’m the only librarian in our 9-12 public school.
  • e-resources
  • all
  • Manuscripts & Archives
  • Administration
  • Collection Management
  • Electronic Resources
  • Virtual Library
  • Teaching Information Literacy & Faculty Liaison
  • e-resources
  • project management
  • IT projects
  • Instruction
  • Instruction
  • administration
  • all of the above
  • Digital Collections
  • ILL/Emerging Tech
  • Technical Services
  • Instruction/Information Literacy
  • Electronic Resources, Instruction
  • Systems
  • Volunteer Library Page
  • Digital Preservation
  • Systems
  • Archives/ Special Collections
  • Instruction
  • instruction
  • systems
  • Systems/Electronic Resources
  • Archives and Records Management
  • Digitization
  • instruction
  • Tech Support to Staff
  • School library
  • Special Collections
  • archives
  • Technical Services
  • Instruction and Collection Development
  • Digital Initiatives
  • Metadata
  • I do not work in a library
  • Consortia Office
  • LIS education
  • subject indexing
  • youth services
  • Teens
  • Computer Lab
  • Administration
  • Computer Lab
  • Branch library, mobile library and Children’s/School Library support
  • Communications / Marketing
  • patron maintenance
  • Special Collections
  • youth services
  • PR
  • Teen Services
  • Youth Services
  • Teen Services
  • All of the above
  • archives
  • Community ICT
  • Development advice
  • Audiovisual media
  • Systems
  • Research Assist.
  • Digital Information/Preservation
  • Systems
  • School Media Specialist
  • website portal building
  • Retired manager
  • I do it all!
  • Programming
  • one person library
  • One-Person-Library
  • research
  • Competitive Intelligence
  • One Person Library
  • Archives/special collections
  • Everything – I’m the only one
  • No department, only 2 people
  • budget