This document discusses the rise of mobile devices and the implications for information literacy instruction. Some key points: - Over 4 billion mobile subscriptions globally as of 2008, with mobile internet use also rising rapidly - Information literacy frameworks like SCONUL can be adapted for mobile, through things like mobile-optimized websites, tutorials, databases, reference services, and polling applications - Challenges include varying device capabilities, slow speeds, and costs, but these are improving steadily - Early examples show potential for mobile information literacy instruction through approaches like tours, databases, reference help, podcasts, and QR codes - The mobile environment fosters new active learning styles, though librarians should experiment cautiously given rapid technological changes

1. Information Literacy gets
Mobile
Peter Godwin
University of Bedfordshire
June 2009

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3. Information Literacy meets
the Mobile Web
 The world is going mobile
 But what does this mean for us?
 Meeting them where they are
 What is Information Literacy?
 How Information Literacy could become
mobile
 Future challenges

4. 4.1 billion mobile subscriptions in the world by end of 2008
That’s 61.1% of the global population.
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5. 23% of 6.7 billion use the internet
By end of 2008 335m mobile broadband subscribers.
14% in developed world, and 1% in developing world.
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7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mythoto/1234638761/sizes/m/
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8. ECAR Study 2008
 66.1% have internet capable cellphones
of whom 25.9% access internet once a
week or more often
 Held back by cost, speed, difficulty of
use

9. “I remember when the Internet first arrived in
schools how sceptical some of my teachers were. I
dare some of them said: "It'll never catch on". Well,
it did. Big time. It's about time schools sharpened
their focus on how they can help students power up
their learning with their mobile devices, rather than
have them power down at the school door.”
(Ewan MacIntosh National Adviser: Learning and
Technology Futures,Learning and Teaching,
Scotland)

10. Ubiquitous information
 A report by Toni Twiss, Some lessons
eFellow programme, New  “The potential for mobile phone
Zealand Ministry of use in classrooms is exciting”
Education, 2009  Mobiles best used for small
 Using mobiles to help build guided tasks in the lessons
student information literacy  Many students struggled with
the navigation
 1 Primary and 2 Secondary
 Problems with speed, screen
school classes surveyed size and ease of use
using Vodafone 3G  Primary class the most
phones.Used OperaMini enthusiastic
browser to view Web.
 Able to use unfiltered Web
and YouTube videos.

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14. But what does this mean for us
in libraries?

15. CIBER report, Information behaviour of
the researcher of the future. Jan. 2008 Flickr mosmanlibrary img 9425

18. What is Information Literacy?
“Information literacy is the adoption of
appropriate information behaviour to
identify through whatever channel or
medium, information well fitted to
information needs, leading to wise and
ethical use of information in society.”
(Sheila Webber and Bill Johnston)

19. SCONUL Seven Pillars framework

20. SCONUL 7 Pillars
 Recognising need for information
 Distinguishing sources and access
 Constructing search strategies
 Locating and accessing
 Comparing & evaluating
 Organising, applying and communicating
 Synthesising and adding new knowledge

21. The MEGO effect!
“Most instructors have stood in
front of a class only to wonder
if their only purpose on that
day was to serve as a sedative
for the majority of the class.”
Payne, et al (2006)
My eyes glaze over
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22. Somebody has been telling
her “about” the Library!
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23. What’s next? But…..
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25. Mobile devices Blackberry
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Pda
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Cellphone
iPodTouch iPhone
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26. Mobile Web challenges
 Special mobile pages?
 Lack of additional
windows
 Poor navigation
 No Javascript or cookies
 Some sites inaccessible
eg video sites, pdfs
 Slow speed to load
 Pages broken up
 Compressed pages
 Cost of access

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28. WiFi hotspots

29. Bluetooth
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Bluetooth is an open wireless protocol
for exchanging data over short distances
from fixed and mobile devices, creating
Personal area networks (PANs).
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30. iPhone
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31. Count the iPhones
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32. ”It will herald a whole generation of advanced
Web-capable mobile devices…
it’s the Web but not as we know it! “
(Dan Appelquist)
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33. Google Search, Maps and
YouTube in a Palm Pre
(Mobiles Technology
5 June 2009)

34. Question
 Is it good idea to do fixed term projects
for high end phones? Most students
don’t have these.
 What about lower end?

35. Where do we start?
“Forget the whole bit about one laptop per child. It
hasn’t worked …. By the time concerned
administrations are done locking down the machines,
they’re little more than electric pencils… So I say we
turn from this idea and go for a plan that can really
work—an iPhone, or at least an iPod Touch, for every
student.”
(Christopher Harris, School Library Journal ,11/1/2008)

36. How Information Literacy could become
mobile

37. 1.Library Web site
 Make your site viewable on a cell phone
or other device

39. Mobilib at NCSU Library

40. 2. Tours
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42. 3. Database access
 Special mobile
version
or
 Standard version?

43. PubMed on Tap
 PubMed on tap
 OCLC WorldCat

44. Mobile
Social Current awareness
Information flow (t for libs Joe Murphy)
Twitter Use for ref , instruction, outreach

45. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hubspot/3196650975/sizes/m/

46. 5. SMS Reference desk

47. 6. Handhelds for reference services at
Penn State University
 Emily Rimland Penn State University
 Used Sony Viai UX-490, OQO, Futitsu Lifebook and
Nokia N-810

48. Outcomes of trial at Penn State
 Each device had good and “Handheld devices
bad points significantly extend the
 Each one involved a services that can be
learning curve to get used to
offered to patrons by
 Sustainability of wireless
access was an issue
allowing rovers to go to
 Screen size made it hard to
the user and assist with
see all options available a variety of online
 Lifebook considered overall tasks.”
best

49. 7.Screencasting, podcasting
and vodcasting
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52. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakebouma/109039319/

53. 8. Polls
 Different instruments for
separate skill levels
 Can use on proprietory
clicker, web browser or cell
phone
 Poll Everywhere is good
example of software
available. (Used in the Toni
Twiss project in New
Zealand)

54. 9. For evaluation
 Kathy Weise used Palm
handhelds in a school in New
Hampshire loaded with
evaluation criteria that
students could apply and
add to when looking at
material on the web and
then data was uploaded to a
database.
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55. 10. QR codes
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56. Using Neo Reader which is free on the iPhone.
1. Scan the QR Code
2. Accept the image taken
3. Neo Reader automatically delivers an action. In this case to open my Flickr stream.
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57. 2D barcode usage in
Aftonbladet
Watch and consider potential
for libraries
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58. 11. Use RefWorks on your
mobile with RefMobile

60. 12. Youtube
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61. But cell phones are hard
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62. http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoomar/196629576/sizes/m/

63. Limitations
 Variations and capabilities of types of devices
 Speed
 Cost
 Need for Bluetooth and more joined up Wi-Fi access
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64. OCLS Mobile for iPhone and
iTouch

65.  “The nature of search in this new world
of mobile Internet devices will shift.
This is because the journey that
Generation Y is taking on the Internet is
more concerned with social expression
than finding information”
(Taptu White paper Feb 2008 “Making search social for the mobile
generation”)

66. This is just the beginning!
Mobiles foster active learning techniques catering for varied
learning styles
Don’t underestimate the speed of change
So be among the trend setters and experiment!

67. Librarians go wild
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