Tbers, 

A reminder that the first TB meeting of the year will be Feb. 7 at 8 am in
Morris Hall.  

A new study overturns the common assumption that the ŒGoogle Generation' ­
youngsters born or brought up in the Internet age ­ is the most
web-literate. The first ever virtual longitudinal study carried out by the
CIBER research team at University College London claims that, although young
people demonstrate an apparent ease and familiarity with computers, they
rely heavily on search engines, view rather than read and do not possess the
critical and analytical skills to assess the information that they find on
the web.

An article on this study can be found at:

http://www.bl.uk/news/2008/pressrelease20080116.html

The findings from the study are attached to this email as a PDF. I found
them very interesting and worth reading.


Mr. James B. Greenberg
Director Teaching, Learning and Technology Center
Milne Library 
SUNY College at Oneonta
Oneonta, New York 13820

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