Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Special Academic Libraries and The Millennial Patron.

Peralta, Polly

Girven, W. J. (2016). Special academic libraries and the millennial patron. Journal Of Library Administration, 56(8), 1007-1017.  

Summary:

Wendy Girven takes a look at how Maine Maritime Academy's Nutting Memorial Library, a special academic library, is trying to connect to the Millennial generation. Girven starts the article by discussing the lack of literature on Millennials and their use of special libraries.  Then she discusses how useful special academic libraries are to Millennial students. Also, she explains how these libraries can reach and serve this new generation of researchers. Then she talks about how collection development policy is helpful in keeping track of the needs of the patrons as, each generation has its own way of research.

Evaluation:

 As I work in a special academic library, I was hoping to learn something new.  However, I felt that the information in this article did not teach me anything.  The author mentions that there is a lack of information about Millennials and special academic libraries. To be honest, I think any information about Millennials in concerning any type library is useful to a librarian working in a special academic library. Therefore, I was little disappointed by this article.
 

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