(From the Guardian Education Supplement)
Academic libraries are changing faster than at any time in their history. Information technology, online databases, and catalogues and digitised archives have put the library back at the heart of teaching, learning and academic research on campus.
This supplement starts with the expectations of young learners. The Google Generation Report, commissioned jointly by the British Library and the Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc) – an independent, publicly-funded body supporting use of ICT in colleges and universities – found young people lacking in critical and analytical skills (link)
