Library for the Digital Natives Generation: What to do
Nowadays, people does not need to go to the library for searching knowledge or information. World does change. We come to the new generation that so called as digital native generation. Information can be search through the gadgets on hands which connected to the internet. Then comes the question. I...
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author | Siana Halim Dian Wulandari Demmy Kasih Felecia Felecia Inggrid Inggrid |
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description | Nowadays, people does not need to go to the library for searching knowledge or information. World does change. We come to the new generation that so called as digital native generation. Information can be search through the gadgets on hands which connected to the internet. Then comes the question. Is the library still important? What the library should do? It is no wonder that most of the libraries have decreasing number of visitors as well as decreasing number of books that out of the shells. This paper describes the characteristics of the digital native, their habit in learning and reading books. It also summarized some discussions among the head of the three university libraries in Surabaya, i.e, Intitut Teknologi Sepuluh (ITS) Nopember Surabaya, Petra Christian University (PCU), Surabaya Universities (Ubaya). The results of the discussion shows, that library has to be changed so that they can accommodate the needs of the digital native. It is not only the place for borrowing books, but also the place for doing discussion, watching videos and listening to audios, and of course the online materials must be provided to encounter the decreasing visitors. |
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spelling | doaj.art-e2ea3fdc683444998ca767a8869b8fc12022-12-21T19:02:47ZindUniversitas AirlanggaRecord and Library Journal2442-51682018-01-0121586310.20473/rlj.V2-I1.2016.58-634040Library for the Digital Natives Generation: What to doSiana Halim0Dian Wulandari1Demmy Kasih2Felecia Felecia3Inggrid Inggrid4Industrial Engineering Department, Petra Christian University- SurabayaUniversitas Kristen Petra SurabayaUniversitas Kristen Petra SurabayaUniversitas Kristen Petra SurabayaUniversitas Kristen Petra SurabayaNowadays, people does not need to go to the library for searching knowledge or information. World does change. We come to the new generation that so called as digital native generation. Information can be search through the gadgets on hands which connected to the internet. Then comes the question. Is the library still important? What the library should do? It is no wonder that most of the libraries have decreasing number of visitors as well as decreasing number of books that out of the shells. This paper describes the characteristics of the digital native, their habit in learning and reading books. It also summarized some discussions among the head of the three university libraries in Surabaya, i.e, Intitut Teknologi Sepuluh (ITS) Nopember Surabaya, Petra Christian University (PCU), Surabaya Universities (Ubaya). The results of the discussion shows, that library has to be changed so that they can accommodate the needs of the digital native. It is not only the place for borrowing books, but also the place for doing discussion, watching videos and listening to audios, and of course the online materials must be provided to encounter the decreasing visitors.https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/RLJ/article/view/7260Digital native, library, statistics |
spellingShingle | Siana Halim Dian Wulandari Demmy Kasih Felecia Felecia Inggrid Inggrid Library for the Digital Natives Generation: What to do Record and Library Journal Digital native, library, statistics |
title | Library for the Digital Natives Generation: What to do |
title_full | Library for the Digital Natives Generation: What to do |
title_fullStr | Library for the Digital Natives Generation: What to do |
title_full_unstemmed | Library for the Digital Natives Generation: What to do |
title_short | Library for the Digital Natives Generation: What to do |
title_sort | library for the digital natives generation what to do |
topic | Digital native, library, statistics |
url | https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/RLJ/article/view/7260 |
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