Millennials Find Treasure in the Library! Pattie Mongelia helen-ann brown Weill Cornell Medical Library MLA 2007.

Millennials Find Treasure in the Library!

Pattie Mongelia helen-ann brown

Weill Cornell Medical Library

MLA 2007

Carolyn Reid, Director

Treasure Hunt

Future

StaffTreasure Hunt

Introduction

Preparation

Evaluation

A Millennial Generation

A little more than 2/3 of the studentswere born since 1982.

7 Core Traits of the MillennialsSpecial

Sheltered

Confident

Achieving

Team Oriented

Conventional

PressuredHowe N and Strauss W. Millennials and the Pop Culture: Strategies for a New Generation of Consumers in Music, Movies, Television, the Internet, and Video Games. Great Falls, VA: LifeCourse Associates, 2006, pp. 77-78.

Treasure Hunt Learning Objectives:Locate a journal in the stacks

Look up an electronic journal issue

Check out a laptop at the Circulation Desk

Refill a copy card

Send a comment from the Website

Locate a current issue of a journal

Know the Library’s hours

Pattie

Rhonda

Vergie

Clue #5Go GET IT in the Computer RoomWatching and listening to the PowerPoint productionAnswer the Library Staff member’s questionsTo see you understand GET IT’s form and function.

Clue #2When into the stacks you have delvedYou’ll find where bound journals are shelvedOrdered alphabetically, logically and aestheticallySo please show a Staff member you have foundPsychophysiology Volume 12.

What to do TOMORROW!TOMORROW!

LIBRARY LIBRARY

TREASURE HUNTTREASURE HUNT !!

10:00 am -- 10:00 am --

Meet at Circ DeskMeet at Circ Desk

You’re invited!

A treasure hunt to let you knowWho’s who, what’s what, and where to go

To join the fun you only needA barcode on your new I.D.

At 10 AM the start will soundAnd fun and frenzy will abound

You’ll get your clues and meet alliesFirst team to finish wins the prizeA treasure hunt to let you knowWho’s who, what’s what, and where to go.

Clue #8When all the computer work stationsAre in use in every locationGo to the Circulation DeskAnd please request from a Library staff memberMore portable accommodations.

Clue #1The Library opens early and closes lateCheck out the Web page in the Computer RoomAnd tell a staff memberThe day the Library closes at eight.

Stack 1

Stack 2

Computer Room

Last Clue

From our Homepage to the InfoDesk you can send anAcknowledgement, a complaint, a question or a complimentOn the Web page scroll all the way downTil the comment form link you’ve foundAnd tell us if this Treasure Hunt for your team numberCaused a smile or a frown.

Know physical spaceKnow Library resources

Know Library policiesMeet Library staff

Millennials Treasure HuntSpecial Planned especially for them

Sheltered Library staff available to guide them

Confident Learned where things were

Achieving Every team wanted to win

Team Oriented Needed teamwork to win

Conventional Had some rules

Pressured First team to finish wins

Treasure Hunt Evaluation Questionnaire

Question #1Name 2 things you have learned about using the Library.

Question #2Rate your comfort in finding materials within the Library.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Uncomfortable Comfortable Confident

Question #3Rate your comfort in finding materials on the Library’s website.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Uncomfortable Comfortable Confident

Question #4Overall, how would you rate the Treasure Hunt?1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Awful Okay Outstanding

Please share any other comments on the back of this sheet:

Evaluation Results n=73

Question #1

Name 2 things you have learned about using the Library.

The most common replies showed answering the clues taught them about the Library’s physical space and services.

where the journal stacks are

where the current journals are

where the Computer Room is

checking out a laptop at the Circulation Desk

where the regenerator is to fill a copy card

about the GET IT button

Evaluation Results n=73

Question #2

Rate your comfort in finding materials within the Library.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9(1) (1) (1) (12) (15) (13) (12) (8) (10) Uncomfortable Comfortable Confident

The replies showed 96% of the students were comfortable to confident about finding materials with the Library.

Question #3

Rate your comfort in finding materials on the Library’s website.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9(1) (0) (2) (7) (15) (12) (16) (12) (8) Uncomfortable Comfortable Confident

The replies showed 96% of the students were comfortable to confident about finding materials on the Library’s website.

Evaluation Results n=73

Evaluation Results n=73

Question #4Overall, how would you rate the Treasure Hunt?1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9(0) (1) (1) (0) (15) (7) (18) (17) (14) Awful Okay Outstanding

The replies showed 67% of the students rated the Treasure Hunt as an outstanding experience.

Please share any other comments on the back of this sheet:

Thank you

Awesome

Great mugs

Fun, useful, but pretty crowded

Crowded Computer Room

In frenzy, little hard to find things

67% of the students rated the Treasure Hunt as an outstanding experience. Less crowded stairwells and Computer Room probably will help to bring that percentage higher.

Future Plans

Add more tasks mini-workshops with clues to answer

Pre-test/Post-test

Record clues on MP3 players

Mug available from:

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Contact: Ivan Meisnerwww.giftfindersinternational.com914.693.5650 914.693.3057 (fax) [email protected]

BRANDERS.COM1850 Gateway Drive, #400San Mateo, CA 94404

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DeBard R. Millennials Coming to College. New Directions for Student Services. Summer 2004; 106: 33-45.

Howe N and Strauss W. Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation. New York: Vintage Books, 2000.

Howe N and Strauss W. Millennials Go to College: Strategies for a New Generation on Campus: Recruiting and Admissions, Campus Life, and the Classroom. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, 2003.

Howe N and Strauss W. Millennials and the Pop Culture: Strategies for a New Generation of Consumers in Music, Movies, Television, the Internet, and Video Games. Great Falls, VA: LifeCourse Associates, 2006.

Mangold K. Educating a New Generation: Teaching Baby Boomer Faculty about Millennial Students. Nurse Educator. 2007 Jan/Feb; 32(1): 21-23.

Oblinger D and Oblinger J. Is It Age or IT: First Steps Towards Understanding the Net Generation. CSLA Journal. Spring 2006; 29(2): 8-46.

Strauss W. Talking About Their Generations: Making Sense of a School Environment Made Up of Gen-Xers and Millennials. School Administrator. Sept 2005; 62(8): 10-13.

Sweeney R. Millennial Behaviors and Higher Education Focus Group Results: How are Millennials Different from Previous Generations at the Same Age? 2007. Accessed on May 4, 2007 from: http://library1.njit.edu/staff-folders/sweeney/Millennials/Millennial-Summary-Handout.doc.

Pattie [email protected] 212 746 6945

helen-ann brown [email protected] 746 6092