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The Google Generation is at Your Library's Door

White paper | 23 April 2019

Libraries are faced with an incredible challenge to teach, build and ensure information literacy skills within today’s college students, no matter their research level. This white paper will explore this challenge and present the idea of how discovery platforms can be utilized as a first step in building information literacy in students.

How (information) literate are today's college students?

Understanding who today’s college students are, what their user experience preferences are and how they view research and learning is the first step for your library to not just meet their expectations but to better anticipate their needs. This white paper covers relevant topics including: 

  • UX expectations of today’s Google Generation
  • Current definitions of information literacy
  • Common library challenges in fostering information literacy 
  • How a discovery platform such as EBSCO Discovery Service can help solve those challenges
  • Varying research needs of first-year researchers vs. intermediate and advanced researchers

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