http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/18/0420247
"As a fifty-something professor who teaches introductory computer
science, I am very aware that the twenty-somethings in my class are much
more at ease with computers than any other generation. However, does
that mean they are more adept at using those computers? Apparently not,
according to the researchers at University College London. Their
research indicates that while more adept at conducting searches, younger
users also show 'impatience in search and navigation [CC], and zero
tolerance for any delay in satisfying their information needs'.
Moreover, these traits 'are now becoming the norm for all age-groups,
from younger pupils and undergraduates through to professors'. The panel
makes two conclusions: That libraries (and I wonder what a library will
become in the future, anyway) will have to adapt, and that the
information processing skills of todays young people are lacking. Why
are those skills lacking and, if they are, what can be done about it?"
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Received on Fri Jan 18 23:28:00 2008