1. Biddle Law Library’s Social Computing Survey Background, Results, and an Invitation for Partnership Jordon Steele and Al Dong June 14, 2010

2. Overview

3. 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

4. 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 e-mail with carrot)

5. Observations

6. General Information Usage

7. Hardware Usage

8. Our Website

9. Databases

10. Discussion

11. 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

12. A Call for Participation  Feedback on Survey  Potential expansion of survey to wider academic law library community  Eventual program at AALL 2011

13. For More Information For more information: egreenle@law.upenn.edu mgb43@drexel.edu egreenle@law.upenn.edu mgb43@drexel.edu