So much for the Google Generation...

Check this out! - From Library Journal

It looks like the the "Google Generation\Internet Generation" is a myth after all. Of course if anyone bothered to ask a reference librarian we could have told everyone that a long time ago and saved everyone the cost of expensive studies.

All you need is a month working reference in a public library to understand that kids in the "internet generation" don't understand:

• what the internet is good for,
  
• how to get good search results,
  
• or how to tell the difference between good and bad results.
  

In my opinion this research highlights the importace of information literacy instruction. What was once primarily the arena of academic and school librarians now needs to be a part of the public library world. Of course, in order to do that the librarians themselves need to be better internet searchers as well...