What Students Want: Generation Y and the Changing Function of the Academic Library
Authors:
- Susan GardnerSGSusan Gardner
- Susanna EngSESusanna Eng
- 1 July 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Project MUSE in portal: Libraries and the Academy
- Vol. 5 (3) , 405-420
Abstract
This article presents the results of a 2003 undergraduate library user survey as a case study of Generation Y. Survey data support four main traits attributed to Generation Y, which are discussed within the context of library use and satisfaction. Implications for future directions in academic library services based on the new ways Generation Y learn and use the library are explored.Keywords
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