Brighid M. Gonzales earned her MLIS from San Jose State University in 2014. She has been the systems and web services librarian (assistant professor) at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas, since fall 2014, where she manages the librarys technology systems and website and also takes part in reference and collection development. Her interests include the web, library systems, technology, coding, and user experience, and she has published a number of articles and book chapters on these and other related topics.
Q1. What is your current job title?
Responses | Count |
Open-ended responses | 200 |
Answered question: | 200 |
Skipped question: | 0 |
Q2. How many years of experience do you have working in library systems?
Responses | Count |
More than 10 years | 90 |
6 to 10 years | 45 |
3 to 5 years | 40 |
1 to 2 years | 25 |
Answered question: | 200 |
Skipped question: | 0 |
Q3. Is your position considered supervisory?
Responses | Count |
Yes | 77 |
No | 123 |
Answered question: | 200 |
Skipped question: | 0 |
Q4. What type of institution are you employed by?
Responses | Count |
Academic Library | 152 |
Public Library | 22 |
Special Library | 4 |
Library Vendor | 3 |
Corporate Library | 2 |
Other | 17 |
Answered question: | 200 |
Skipped question: | 0 |
Q5. How many total librarians are employed at your institution?
Responses | Count |
1 | 0 |
2 to 5 | 26 |
6 to 15 | 81 |
16 to 30 | 38 |
31 to 50 | 19 |
More than 50 | 36 |
Answered question: | 200 |
Skipped question: | 0 |
Q6. Do you have a masters of library and information science (or some variation thereofMLS, MSLS, etc.)?
Responses | Count |
Yes | 180 |
No | 19 |
Answered question: | 199 |
Skipped question: | 1 |
Q7. Did you follow a systems/technology track in library school?
Responses | Count |
Yes | 50 |
No | 130 |
Answered question: | 180 |
Skipped question: | 20 |
Q8. Do you feel this background has helped you in your work as a systems librarian?
Responses | Count |
Yes | 42 |
No | 8 |
Answered question: | 50 |
Skipped question: | 150 |
Q9. Which library school did you attend?
Responses | Count |
Open-ended responses | 49 |
Answered question: | 49 |
Skipped question: | 151 |
Q10. Did you take any technology or systems-related courses during your MLIS program?
Responses | Count |
Yes | 83 |
No | 47 |
Answered question: | 130 |
Skipped question: | 70 |
Q11. Please list any technology/systems courses taken here.
Responses | Count |
Open-ended responses | 74 |
Answered question: | 74 |
Skipped question: | 126 |
Q12. Were any of these courses helpful to your work as a systems librarian?
Responses | Count |
Yes | 61 |
No | 161 |
Answered question: | 77 |
Skipped question: | 123 |
Q13. Was your undergraduate major in a computer science/technology-related field?
Responses | Count |
Yes | 32 |
No | 161 |
Answered question: | 193 |
Skipped question: | 7 |
Q14. Do you feel this background has helped you in your work as a systems librarian?
Responses | Count |
Yes | 32 |
No | 0 |
Answered question: | 32 |
Skipped question: | 168 |
Q15. Do you have any other advanced degrees?
Responses | Count |
Yes | 61 |
No | 132 |
Answered question: | 193 |
Skipped question: | 7 |
Q16. Please list any additional degrees you have earned here.
Responses | Count |
Open-ended responses | 60 |
Answered question: | 60 |
Skipped question: | 140 |
Q17. When starting your first systems librarian position, did you feel well prepared for the position?
Responses | Count |
Yes | 83 |
No | 101 |
Answered question: | 184 |
Skipped question: | 16 |
Q18. What is the technology structure like in your organization?
Responses | Count |
I am part of a systems/technology team in the library | 98 |
I am the librarys only technologist | 52 |
I am part of a technology/IT team outside the library | 10 |
Other | 24 |
Answered question: | 184 |
Skipped question: | 16 |
Q19. How much of your position is devoted to library systems?
Responses | Count |
25% or less is devoted to library systems | 10 |
Less than half but more than 25% is devoted to library systems | 19 |
50% is devoted to library systems | 27 |
More than half but less than 100% is devoted to library systems | 81 |
100% is devoted to library systems | 47 |
Answered question: | 184 |
Skipped question: | 16 |
Q20. Does your position involve any responsibility in any of the following areas? Check all that apply.
Responses | Count |
Collection development | 80 |
Reference | 74 |
Instruction | 62 |
Cataloging | 56 |
Acquisitions | 47 |
Patron programming | 26 |
None of these | 35 |
Other | 79 |
Answered question: | 184 |
Skipped question: | 16 |
Q21. Which, if any, of the following technologies do you have administrative responsibility for? Check all that apply.