1. Millennial Librarians: Who They Are and How They are Different From the Rest of Us Jenny Emanuel

2. Why Millennial Librarians? We talk about our students Our profession is changing Researcher’s experience Defining the Millennial Librarian 2

3. Purpose Every generation has different values regarding technology How do librarians who are digital natives search for information compared to librarians who first got online after obtaining their library degree? 3

4. Who Are They? TermAuthors Baby Boom EchoTapscott (1998) Echo BoomHill (2003) Generation MeTwenge (2006) Generation NextClausing et al. (2003) Generation Y Allerton (2001); Behnke & Oberwetter (2008) Blashki et al. (2007); Clausing et al. (2003); Eisner (2005); Hill (2002); Johnson (2006); Kipnis & Childs (2004); Manual (2002); Merritt & Neville (2002); Montana & Lenaghan (1999); Morton (2002); Paul (2001); Sampath (2008); Sujansky (2002); Weiss (2003); Wolburg & Pokrywczynski (2001); Yuva (2007) (18 Authors) Millennials Clausing et al. (2003); DeGilio et al. (2004); McGlynn (2005); New Strategist (2006); Sanchez (2003); Strauss & Howe (1991, 2000); Verhaagen (2005); Walker et al. (2006) (8 Authors) NextersGibbons (2007), Tapscott (1998) 4

5. Who Are They? YearsAuthors 1977-1994 Allerton (2001); Morton (2002); New Strategist (2006); Weiss (2003) 1977-1997 Tapscott (1998) 1979-2000 Blashki et al. (2007); Paul (2001); Singer Gordon (2006); Sujansky (2002) 1980-2000 Clausing et al. (2003); Zemke et al. (2000) 1981-2000 Verhaagen (2005) 1981-2003 Sanchez (2003) 1982-1993 Sampath (2008) 1982-2003 Strauss & Howe (1991) 5

6. Characteristics Researched as students Similar to “GI” generation Response to Generation X Technologically Driven Demanding of Employers Are coming to libraries in a time of change and are contributing 6

7. Information Processing Process information differently than previous generations Interactive Thought process is mosaic Instant access Authentic through use Privacy 7

8. Next Steps Survey Why Millennials are becoming librarians Information seeking habits emanuelj@illinois.edu 8