Document Type
Book chapter/entry
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
In response to literature on libraries as space and the Millennial generation, this chapter speaks to the importance of the academic library as both social and communal space and how to communicate with today’s college students. These case studies illustrate that students can be reached through analog displays, building an unconscious community between students as a group and students with the library. Community built within the academic library is discussed in light of these analog displays, the current library literature and via sociological positions. It is concluded that although it is thought that students want digital or online communication only, the highest amount of interaction with displays come from the traditional, analog elements.
Recommended Citation
Muszkiewicz, R (2015). You can “like” it on paper too: reaching digital students through analog displays. In S. Bonnand & M.A. Hansen (Eds.), Innovative Solutions for Building Community in Academic Libraries (127-155). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
