Biddle Law Library’s Social Computing Survey Background, Results, and an Invitation for Partnership Jordon Steele and Al Dong June 14, 2010
Overview
History/Motivation Started in 2006 Asking our students about their technology usage– hardware, Web 1.0, and Web 2.0. Basic questions: What social technologies do you use? How do you use them? How can library harness this usage? Survey administered in 2006, each subsequent year
How we did it Used internal survey creator Questions included: What online tools do you use? What electronic equipment do you use? Do you use any emerging technologies for legal research? If not, would you like the opportunity to do so? Survey participants: 1Ls (during legal research sessions) 2Ls and 3Ls (mass with carrot)
Observations
General Information Usage
Hardware Usage
Our Website
Databases
Discussion
Conclusion Documented trends for our students’ interaction with technology and how the library can support it Provided hard data when pitching new ideas to administrators Assessed how well library’s current services aligned with evolution in students’ relationship with emerging technology
A Call for Participation Feedback on Survey Potential expansion of survey to wider academic law library community Eventual program at AALL 2011
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