Friday, December 10, 2004

Kids Shun Books for Online Information

If you need another thing to sigh and roll your eyes over, there is an article on CNN.com where kids are no longer using books or other print material for their research. They go to Google.com click, highlight, and copy their information.
Here is a teaser quote from the article:
"Georgia Tech professor Amy Bruckman tried to force students to leave their computers by requiring at least one book for a September class project.
She wasn't prepared for the response: 'Someone raised their hand and asked, 'Excuse me, where would I get a book?"

Maybe it is the mood I am in but sometimes I feel as librarians we are losing two step to every step we take forward in educating people on finding information.

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