University of Bedfordshire's presentation at Gregynog on Mobile and Social.

1. Going Mobile and Social
at Bedfordshire
Peter Godwin
University of Bedfordshire
13 June 2011
http://www.flickr.com/photos/b-tal/573830063/sizes/m/

2. The
Bedfordshire
experience
/

3.  What is Bedfordshire?
 2.0 moves on
 It’s mobile and social
 The Bedfordshire experience

6. They don’t
know
what they don’t
know!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/b-tal/573830063/sizes/m/

7. “Students struggled with processing results
and finding the good, relevant stuff they
need ... they may lack the skills for selecting
the most relevant results they need for
solving information problems in their daily
lives.”
How college students use the Web to conduct everyday life research
by Alison J. Head and Michael B. Eisenberg.
First Monday, Volume 16, Number 4 - 4 April 2011
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/3484/2857

8. Do they share?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/epigraf/4043438176

10. www.flickr.com/photos/36330825983@N01/493046910
The nerds are still the minority

13. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mythoto/1234638761/sizes/m/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dietpoison/76086767/sizes/m/

14. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomfbh/135393066/

15. http://www.flickr.com/photos/antmcneill/4686147794/

16. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nokton/4505659140/
Information on the move

17. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitcowan/732131602
How will it affect the way people access and use
information?

18. Who are you?

19. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alper/4770494681 /
Geotagging

20. http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshb/639630711/

21. They text
and share
music
http://www.flickr.com/photos/larskflem/62174131/

22. Augmented reality

23. Mobile and social
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2891883172/

25. What’s
happening to
Information
Literacy?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20149359@N00/1795028581

26. http://www.flickr.com/photos/2create/2145691194/

27. http://www.flickr.com/photos/librarianbyday/4530587687/sizes/m/in/photostream/

30. http://www.flickr.com/photos/49333775@N00/2924128746/

33.  172 Masters level  27 know of ourAndroid
Business students app. to access library
 116 consider they are services and 10 have used
using a mobile device as a it.
learning tool  36 know of QR codes to
 20 have Android access e-books and
 25 iPhone videos, and 21 use them.
 3 iPad
 2 e-book reader
 24 Blackberry
 49 netbook/laptop/tablet
Mobile devices
survey April 2011

34. Masters level Business students Main lessons :
3 groups (2,2,5)
None had done the survey
8 of 9 said used mobiles as  We are on the right
learning tool
Some use of mobile Library
track
and Library Catalogue apps.  It is early days yet
Interest in QR codes but little
used.
 Great need for
Valued access offered 24/7 promotion
wherever situated especially
at examo time.
Mobile devices Focus
Groups
9 June 2011

35. http://www.flickr.com/photos/svensonsan/1040158030/
Costs are still a barrier

36.  Mobile devices are
adding a new twist
to Information
Literacy
 They provide
valuable ways to
deliver services and
communicate with
our users
 Promotion is critical
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/3236806056/sizes/m/in/photo
stream/

37. More from Peter at
http://infolitlib20.blogspot.com/
peter.godwin@beds.ac.uk
@touchthecloud on Twitter

38. Mobiles –the ultimate portable computer