Our New Public, A Changing Clientele

James R. Kennedy is the University Librarian at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa.Lisa Vardaman is the Education/Instructional Media Librarian at Troy State University in Troy, Alabama.Gerard B. McCabe is the retired Director of Libraries at Clarion University in Clarion, Pennsylvania.

"A host of experts on Gen Y -- a.k.a. millennials, echo boomers, the Net generation -- those young people who are, as one contributor describes them, 'technology-obsessed, social and connected, traditional, achievement-oriented, and attention-challeneged.' Apart from the sheer size of Gen Y, they will all be voting adults in a few years, making it even more important for us to reinvent ourselves in their image." - American Libraries

• Preface by Bernadette Roberts Storck Foreword by Henry Stewart Introduction Part I: Where Are We? Chapter 1: The Library as Place in the New Millennium: Domesticating Space and Adapting Learning Spaces by Delmus Williams Part II: Serving millennials Chapter 2: Reflection and Thinking and All of that Stuff: Student Learning, Engagement and the Net Generation by Anne-Marie Deitering Chapter 3: Baby Boomers and Generation Y in the Public Library: Keeping Them Both Happy. An Australian Perspective by Carolyn Jones Chapter 4: Reaching Out to Gen Y: Adapting Roles and Policies to Meet the Information Needs of the Next Generation by Susanne Markgren Chapter 5: Deconstructing Librarians' Fascination with the Gamer Culture: Toward Making Academic Libraries Venues for Quiet Contemplation by Juris Dilevko Part III: Millennials and Information Literacy Chapter 6: Reomdeling the Ivory Tower: Information Literacy and the Modern University Library by Carol C.M. Toris, Ashlee B. Clevenger, and Katina M. Strauch Chapter 7: Enhancing Library Instruction: Creating and Managing Online Interactive Library Tutorials for a Wired Generation by Mark Horan, Suhasini L. Kumar, and John Napp Chapter 8: Educating the Millennial User by Lauren Pressley Chapter 9: English as a Second Language Students and the College Library by Eric E. Palo Part IV: Managerial Concerns Chapter 10: Connecting Diversity to Management: Further Insights by Tim Zou and La Loria Konata Part V: Community College and School Perspectives Chapter 11: Community College Libraries/Learning Resource Centers Meet the Generation Y Challenge by Michael D. Rusk Chapter 12: "I Want it All and I Want it Now!" The Changing Face of School Libraries by Leslie Boon Part VI: Some Examples Chapter 13: A Traditional Library Meets Twenty-First Century Users by Glenda A. Thornton, Bruce Jeppesen, and George Lupone Chapter 14: Planning an Information Commons: Our Experiences at the University of Toledo's Carlson Library by John C. Phillips and Brian A. Hickam Chapter 15: Renewing the Tech-Forward Library: Information Commons Development at the University Library of Indiana University Purdue University Library Indianapolis by Rachel Applegate and David W. Lewis Part VII: Hope For the Future Chapter 16: What's Old is New Again: Library Services and the Millennial Student by Jamie Seeholzer, Frank J. Bove, and Delmus Williams Part VIII: Bibliographic Essays Chapter 17: Evaluation and Selection of New Format Materials: Electronic Resources by Bethany Latham and Jodi Poe Chapter 18: Libraries and the Millennials: Changing Priorities Bibliographic Essay by Marilyn Stempeck, Rashelle Karp, and Susan Naylor Index About the Editors and Contributors