When ''Digital Natives'' Go to the Library

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‘scollege students and the librarians who hope to teach them. —Scott Jaschik —When ”Digital Natives” Go to the Library (Inside Higher Ed)

I’d love to learn more about how libraries are modding themselves in order to take advantage of the considerable digital literacies that our students bring with them when the arrive on campus.