

12 Things Digital Natives Want From A Library

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Digital natives are different. (Well, I guess that depends on who you ask.)

But even if we ditch the term digital natives and simply talk about students here and now in the 21st century, there are some things they–well, it’s not so much that they demand it, but–you’ll see. It’s really adorable.

And she has a point.

 12 Things Digital Natives Want From A Library

  1. Smart searching that adapts
  2. The ability to add “their own stuff”
  3. The ability to “share stuff”
  4. Online and Mobile access
  5. Semantic tagging
  6. Real-time information
  7. Geospatial tagging
  8. Interactive touch-screens
  9. Multimedia
  10. “Quick & Easy” Searches
  11. Mashed-up content
  12. Augmented reality
 

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