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Generation Jones (from Tame The Web's Blog)

Written by Michael Colford, Senior Management Team of the Boston Public Library in charge of Regional Services

We all know about the Millennial Generation, and we've been hearing about their traits and how most libraries are failing to appeal to them. Most of them adapt to changing technology easily and are comfortable interacting socially online. We also know all about the Baby Boom Generation, many of whom are nearing retirement and who for the most part, shaped the library world into what it is today. The Baby Boomers aren't known for a rapid embrace of the recent online social networks, but of course, there are exceptions.

My question revolves around the generation between, a whole lot of Generation Xers and the little heard-of Generation Jones, those of us born between the mid-1950's and the mid 1960's. What makes some of the people born in these generations embrace the recent developments in technology and online socialization, while others simply have no interest?



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Generation Jones (from Tame The Web's Blog)

Understanding the Millennial – The Incredible Opportunity

Published: (one of a series of articles)

May 16 2007 / 1:00 am

by

systematicHR

in

Workforce Planning, Talent Mgmt

So perhaps you have not encountered this yet, but the millennial generation is different. What’s a millennial? In short, they are the upcoming generation that is currently graduating from high schools and colleges and will be for the next decade. This generation is quite special though. They possess a completely different sensibility around both work and networking that the prior generations don’t have. As we look towards the future of creating innovation and collaboration networks, one of the major concerns is how to create widespread adoption for these programs. For the millennials, this is not a concern as they are completely used to networking through social network sites and tagging technologies that the rest of us will have to get used to. Their minds also seem to work in a different way that our older brains don’t seem to be wired for.



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Understanding the Millennial – The Incredible Opportunity

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