Kids shun libraries for online information

(Via Bernie Sloan on DIG_REF listserv) CNN reported on how students use online sources to the exclusion of almost everything else.

When students do research online these days, many educators worry, those are often about the only steps they take. If they can avoid a trip to the library at all, many students gladly will. ...

Georgia Tech professor Amy Bruckman tried to force students to leave their computers by requiring at least one book for a September class project.

She wasn't prepared for the response: "Someone raised their hand and asked, "Excuse me, where would I get a book?"'

Posted by Tom on December 14, 2004