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Thursday, May 6, 2004
A couple of interesting articles from the May Library Journal
- Born with the Chip
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Given that the average librarian is a Boomer and over 50, there is a gap of one to two generations between most of the profession and a growing group of our primary users, whom we all need to understand in order to serve well. The generation in question, which some call Millennials but we’ll refer to as NextGens, is made up of people born between 1982 and 2002. At 81 million they form the largest population group since the Boomers at 87 million. The expectations and behaviors of this group will have a significant impact on the nature of the services that public and academic libraries need to plan and provide.
- Capture Usage with E-Metrics
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The E-Metrics Instructional System will help librarians collect and use data about networked environments
Besides giving funders an accurate picture of library usage, good data help in decision-making. Good data can help library managers determine whether they want to continue to develop and/or support services and resources. For example, a library manager could use e-metrics to examine numbers of Internet sessions and searches, full-content units examined, turnaways, and electronic materials expenditures.
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