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http://www.bl.uk/news/2008/pressrelease20080116.html
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2008/01/podcast26googlegeneration.aspx
http://www.bl.uk/news/pdf/googlegen.pdf

A friend forwarded this report from the British Library:

"PIONEERING RESEARCH SHOWS ‘GOOGLE GENERATION’ IS A MYTH.
A new study overturns the common assumption that 
the ‘Google Generation' – youngsters born or 
brought up in the Internet age – is the most 
web-literate. The first ever virtual longitudinal 
study carried out by the CIBER research team at 
University College London claims that, although 
young people demonstrate an apparent ease and 
familiarity with computers, they rely heavily on 
search engines, view rather than read and do not 
possess the critical and analytical skills to 
assess the information that they find on the web.

The report Information Behaviour of the 
Researcher of the Future (PDF format; 1.67MB) 
also shows that research-behaviour traits that 
are commonly associated with younger users – 
impatience in search and navigation, and zero 
tolerance for any delay in satisfying their 
information needs – are now becoming the norm for 
all age-groups, from younger pupils and 
undergraduates through to professors. ..."

					-- hs

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Hal Shubin
Interaction Design, Inc.
617 489 6595
www.user.com

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