Comments on: Beloit List for Librarians http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/08/23/beloit-list-for-librarians.html shifting libraries at the speed of byte Mon, 07 May 2012 16:14:10 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: LibraryRemix » Blog Archive » Shifting Gears to Grow Community http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/08/23/beloit-list-for-librarians.html/comment-page-1#comment-18056 LibraryRemix » Blog Archive » Shifting Gears to Grow Community Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:41:55 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/08/23/beloit-list-for-librarians.html#comment-18056 [...] used the framework of Beloit Colleges famous “mindset list” to highlight the very different way in which students today interact with information.   Almost 2 years later, the yawn of the gap continues to widen.  Social networking (Facebook, [...] […] used the framework of Beloit Colleges famous “mindset list” to highlight the very different way in which students today interact with information.   Almost 2 years later, the yawn of the gap continues to widen.  Social networking (Facebook, […]

]]> By: jenny http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/08/23/beloit-list-for-librarians.html/comment-page-1#comment-1604 jenny Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:49:33 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/08/23/beloit-list-for-librarians.html#comment-1604 Heh - I totally get that, as I'm Gen X, too. But having just turned 40, I find myself using the phrase "those kids today" way too much :-p I also worry a lot about my generation getting lost between those other two "mouse in the snake" ones (boomers and millennials), so maybe it's easier for me to digest the Beloit list since I use groupings in other contexts. Overall, I have to say that I don't think many of the divides in our profession are generational. Rather, I think they are due to other factors (whether you've created content on the internet, whether you buy into the "everything is miscellaneous" theory, etc.) that *appear* generational on the surface. That breakdown fails, though, when you go into any depth. So maybe I'm being truly Gen X and being ambivalent, having my cake and eating it, too! :-) Heh — I totally get that, as I’m Gen X, too. But having just turned 40, I find myself using the phrase “those kids today” way too much :-p I also worry a lot about my generation getting lost between those other two “mouse in the snake” ones (boomers and millennials), so maybe it’s easier for me to digest the Beloit list since I use groupings in other contexts.

Overall, I have to say that I don’t think many of the divides in our profession are generational. Rather, I think they are due to other factors (whether you’ve created content on the internet, whether you buy into the “everything is miscellaneous” theory, etc.) that *appear* generational on the surface. That breakdown fails, though, when you go into any depth.

So maybe I’m being truly Gen X and being ambivalent, having my cake and eating it, too! :-)

]]> By: Rachel http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/08/23/beloit-list-for-librarians.html/comment-page-1#comment-1603 Rachel Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:05:58 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/08/23/beloit-list-for-librarians.html#comment-1603 Jenny, I'm always skeptical of generational-type groupings and definitions, but my husband says that this is a very cynical, Gen X thing to say. ;) Jenny, I’m always skeptical of generational-type groupings and definitions, but my husband says that this is a very cynical, Gen X thing to say. ;)

]]> By: jenny http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/08/23/beloit-list-for-librarians.html/comment-page-1#comment-1574 jenny Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:22:14 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/08/23/beloit-list-for-librarians.html#comment-1574 Rachel, I don't think Beloit is saying that these are new or unique things for these kids only. They're just pointing out that they are the first ones to grow up in a world where these things were different for them since birth. So while others born around that time or far before will definitely still adapt and even share some of the characteristics, these are interesting benchmarks for comparison. I don't think it's meant to be definitive, comprehensive, or even quantitative. These are starting points for discussion, and I often find them interesting as such. YMMV. Rachel, I don’t think Beloit is saying that these are new or unique things for these kids only. They’re just pointing out that they are the first ones to grow up in a world where these things were different for them since birth. So while others born around that time or far before will definitely still adapt and even share some of the characteristics, these are interesting benchmarks for comparison. I don’t think it’s meant to be definitive, comprehensive, or even quantitative. These are starting points for discussion, and I often find them interesting as such. YMMV.

]]> By: Rachel http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/08/23/beloit-list-for-librarians.html/comment-page-1#comment-1568 Rachel Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:57:24 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/08/23/beloit-list-for-librarians.html#comment-1568 The specifics of my comment relate to this year's list, of course. The specifics of my comment relate to this year’s list, of course.

]]> By: Rachel http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/08/23/beloit-list-for-librarians.html/comment-page-1#comment-1565 Rachel Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:50:58 +0000 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/08/23/beloit-list-for-librarians.html#comment-1565 I just think it's kind of a dumb list. I graduated from undergrad in 2000, and there are numerous things on that list that apply to me (U2's been around since before I was born, and WTF is a MagiCan?), as well as things that I don't think really fit kids born in 1989 (they were, what, 3 when Wayne's World peaked?). Your library list is better, but still, it's not as though older folks haven't adapted to these changes, or anyone's missing out by not writing checks. The whole Beloit/trying-to-define-people-with-tidbits thing just seems trivial to me. I just think it’s kind of a dumb list. I graduated from undergrad in 2000, and there are numerous things on that list that apply to me (U2’s been around since before I was born, and WTF is a MagiCan?), as well as things that I don’t think really fit kids born in 1989 (they were, what, 3 when Wayne’s World peaked?). Your library list is better, but still, it’s not as though older folks haven’t adapted to these changes, or anyone’s missing out by not writing checks. The whole Beloit/trying-to-define-people-with-tidbits thing just seems trivial to me.

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