Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Libraries and the Millennial Generation


By 2010, the Millennial generation—those now 14 to 28—will outnumber their Boomer parents. Also known as “Generation Y,” the “Net Generation” or “Echo Boomers,” this group of approximately 76 million people have been described as “ … thinking and processing information fundamentally differently from their predecessors”. Libraries need to develop Information services that are relevant to the information-seeking habits of Millennials, who cannot remember life without computers or mobile phones.


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