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September 10, 2007
Idaho and Digital Natives
Last year I had a great time in Idaho at their innovative statewide conference on Digital Natives.
We did a panel of Millennials and interviewed them. We did a number of sessions on new technology understanding and then the groups spent an afternoon designing projects and programs. It was very cool.
Now, state librarian Ann Joslyn tells me that they've continued their focus on this group. "Earlier this year Idaho contracted with a research firm to conduct focus groups in 6 parts of the state with young people ages 12 to 25. A total of 117 people participated and talked about how they get and use information and what they think about libraries. The final report, which includes themes and trends based on the focus group content, is on our website. The main purpose of this project was to give Idaho libraries information that will help them provide relevant services; we’re still working on the specifics of additional follow-up."
This is very exciting! The final report is 107 pages long (PDF) and Ann told me I could point you at it.
PERCEPTIONS OF IDAHO’S DIGITAL NATIVES ON PUBLIC LIBRARIES:
STATEWIDE FOCUS GROUP FINDINGS
Funded by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under a provision of the Library Services and Technology Act. Printed August, 2007. Corona Research inc.
Lots of good data and insights here.
Stephen
Posted by stephen at September 10, 2007 11:07 AM