1. Millennials in the Library: Today’s Student Library Worker Eric A. Kidwell Director of the Library Houghton Memorial Library Huntingdon College Alabama Association of College & Research Libraries October 7, 2005

2. Neil Howe and William Strauss Millennials Rising: the Next Great Generation. New York: Vintage Books, 2000.

3. The Generations of the Last Century Generation Lost G.I. Silent Boom Gen-X Millennial * *(aka Generation Y, Echo Boomers, Net Generation) Birth Year 1883-1900 1901-1924 1925-1942 1943-1960 1961-1981 1982-2002

4. Characteristics of Millennials (Neil & Strauss) Are they pessimists? No. Are they self-absorbed? No. Are they distrustful? No. Are they rule breakers? No. Are they neglected? No. Are they stupid? No. Have they given up on progress? No.

5. Dr. Mel Levine, professor of pediatrics at UNC Medical School and director of the Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning Levine, Mel. “College Graduates Aren’t Ready for the Real World.” Chronicle of Higher Education. 18 February 2005: B11 +. Pandemic of “worklife unreadiness.” Levine, Mel. Ready or Not, Here Life Comes. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. “Echo Boomers.” 60-Minutes. Narr. Steve Kroft. CBS. 4 September 2005.

6. The Parents of Millennials “Helicopter” Parents Over-scheduling Wills, Eric. “Parent Trap.” Chronicle of Higher Education. 22 July 2005: A4. University of Vermont – “parent bouncers” – the last line of defense

7. To Change or Not to Change: That Is the Question Carlson, Scott. “The Net Generation Goes to College.” Chronicle of Higher Education. 7 October 2005: A34-37. Richard T. Sweeney, university librarian, New Jersey Institute of Technology Michael Gorman, dean of library services, California State University at Fresno Naomi S. Baron, professor of linguistics, American University

8. High Expectations Digital Natives Principles / Values Huge Population More ChoicesGamersRespect Intelligence More Diverse Balanced LivesExperientialOptimistic / Positive Family Oriented / Largely Children of Divorce IndependenceNomadicInclusiveMore Friends Healthy Lifestyle CollaborativeDirectMore Liberal Merit Systems / Achievement Oriented MultitaskersPatriotic / Civic Minded Confident Expect Incomes Exceeding Parents Graphical- Format Agnostic Entrepreneu rial Adaptive / Flexible Richard T. Sweeney sweeney@njit.edu

9. Sweeney, Richard. “Reinventing Library Buildings and Services for the Millennial Generation.” Library Administration and Management. 19 (2005): 165-175. http://www.library.njit.edu/staff- olders/sweeney/index.html http://www.library.njit.edu/staff-

10. UCLA Higher Education Research Institute Annual survey of incoming first-year students 2004 survey: –Students rated themselves above average or in highest 10 percent in (top ten) Kindness Drive to achieve Academic ability Cooperativeness Compassion Generosity Understanding of others Leadership ability Self-confidence (intellectual) Forgiveness