The Kids Are All Noisy: British teens not welcome in libraries
One of the best quotes from this article in understanding how to approach teens in the library "...we should resist trying to force them to act like previous generations; that was then, and this is now." this is a crucial step to moving the library and library philosophy forward to reach out and embrace new technologies and new approached to pedagogy in information literacy. It's not forcing these next generations to act in the library or to approach the library as we or our parents did but to take the tools they are used to using and see how those tools can interact wityh and mold future ways of thinking about the purpose of the library and its future as its future is truly in the hands of these kids.
One of the best quotes from this article in understanding how to approach teens in the library "...we should resist trying to force them to act like previous generations; that was then, and this is now." this is a crucial step to moving the library and library philosophy forward to reach out and embrace new technologies and new approached to pedagogy in information literacy. It's not forcing these next generations to act in the library or to approach the library as we or our parents did but to take the tools they are used to using and see how those tools can interact wityh and mold future ways of thinking about the purpose of the library and its future as its future is truly in the hands of these kids.
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