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What if our assumptions about the millenials’ Internet and computer habits were wrong?
Two librarians at Mohawk College asked this question and then did a major research project to find out. Their findings were quite surprising and essentially show that a lot of our great, futuristic thinking library and technological leaders are actually seeing a utopian world that doesn’t exist. LOVE IT!!
Of all the presentations that I saw at WILU 37, this was the one I came back from talking about the most.
Again, a text-dense PPT so you’ll easily get the gist of what they said.
Horwath, Jen and Williamson, Cynthia (2008) The kids are alright – or are they? (PDF). Delivered at WILU 2008: 37th Workshop on Instruction in Library Use, UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia (Canada). Presentation.
Posted by Laurie on June 4th, 2008 under Conferences, Laurie speaks!One Response to “What if our assumptions about the millenials’ Internet and computer habits were wrong?”
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June 4th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Thank you for this. I will be doing some reading. Did the study(s) authors control for:
a) income
b) connectivity speed?
I.e. It\\\’s easier to be more connected in a high-speed, low cost connectivity world than a dial-up, high cost world.