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 Google 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 blog: The 32nd Square at http://aristotle.oneonta.edu/37_the_32nd_square email: [log in to unmask] phone: 607-436-2701 fax: 607-436-3081 IM: oneontatltc "Ignorance is curable, stupidity lasts forever"