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When ‘Digital Natives’ Go to the Library
"College and university librarians got some unconventional advice Saturday: Play more video games.
At a packed session for academic librarians attending the annual meeting of the American Library Association, in Washington, the topic was how to help students who have learned many of their information gathering and analysis skills from video games apply that knowledge in the library. Speakers said that gaming skills are in many ways representative of a broader cultural divide between today’s college students and the librarians who hope to teach them.
In an era when most students would have to go to a museum to see an old-fashioned card catalog, there’s no doubt that libraries have embraced technology. But speakers said that there was a larger split between students — who are “digital natives,” in one popular way of classifying people based on their experience with technology — and librarians, who are more likely to be “digital immigrants.” They may have learned the language, but it’s a second language.
sarastro_usWhen ‘Digital Natives’ Go to the Library
"College and university librarians got some unconventional advice Saturday: Play more video games.
At a packed session for academic librarians attending the annual meeting of the American Library Association, in Washington, the topic was how to help students who have learned many of their information gathering and analysis skills from video games apply that knowledge in the library. Speakers said that gaming skills are in many ways representative of a broader cultural divide between today’s college students and the librarians who hope to teach them.
In an era when most students would have to go to a museum to see an old-fashioned card catalog, there’s no doubt that libraries have embraced technology. But speakers said that there was a larger split between students — who are “digital natives,” in one popular way of classifying people based on their experience with technology — and librarians, who are more likely to be “digital immigrants.” They may have learned the language, but it’s a second language.
