{"id":283,"date":"2012-07-05T10:16:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T14:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/?p=283"},"modified":"2013-06-18T14:24:45","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T18:24:45","slug":"gen-y-doctoral-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/gen-y-doctoral-students\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Gen Y&#8221; Doctoral students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2012\/07\/generation-y.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-290\" title=\"generation y\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2012\/07\/generation-y-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2012\/07\/generation-y-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2012\/07\/generation-y-357x300.jpg 357w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2012\/07\/generation-y.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The UK Joint Information Systems Committee (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jisc.ac.uk\/\">JISC<\/a>) and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/\">British Library<\/a> have just released a major (17,000 students) study of the behaviors and beliefs of &#8220;Generation Y&#8221; (i.e.born 1983-1992) doctoral students involving social media, information access, and related matters. The students were surveyed over a three year period to set a benchmark for the research behavior of that generation.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the results from the report:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;For example, 23% of all the students have made passive use of online forums, but only 13% have taken an active part in any discussions: 23% followed blogs, but only 9% maintained a blog themselves. Active take-up of institutionally-provided open web resources is also low, with students requesting more information about technologies and applications such as <a title=\"(external site)\" href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.co.uk\/\">Google Scholar<\/a>, cloud computing, <a title=\"(external site)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.endnote.com\/\">EndNote<\/a> and <a title=\"(external site)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mendeley.com\/\">Mendeley<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Other findings from the report include a continuing lack of understanding about the nature of open access.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The study also highlighted a marked dependency on published secondary sources rather than primary sources, such as archival materials and data sets, as the basis of students\u2019 own original research, regardless of discipline.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To get more information you can download the report from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jisc.ac.uk\/media\/documents\/publications\/reports\/2012\/researchers-of-tomorrow.pdf\">http:\/\/www.jisc.ac.uk\/media\/documents\/publications\/reports\/2012\/researchers-of-tomorrow.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image from:Journal de Montr\u00e9al\/Qu\u00e9bec \u00e9dition du mardi 22 janvier 2008.<em><\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the British Library have just released a major (17,000 students) study of the behaviors and beliefs of &#8220;Generation Y&#8221; (i.e.born 1983-1992) doctoral students involving social media, information access, and related matters. 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