Innovative Library Services for Net Generation Students

Library users in the digital era is usually called net generation. The generation has new ways of learning and make use of the library. This causes changes in the library functions from information service to the creation of information. The changes of library functions are influenced by the characteristics of the net generation who are digitally literate (web, gadget, instant messenger, online communities), multitasking, needing immediate feedback, prefer teamwork or collaboration, experiential and visual learners, social, and freedom. To accommodate the characteristics of the library users, the librarians should create innovative services and librarian must be creative to maintain users’ satisfaction. In fact a library innovation from the users’ perspectives include users’ experience and the design of library spaces. For example, Telkom University Library with its “Open Library”, Malahayati University Library with ”Creative Building Design”, Syiah Kuala Alam University Library with its “Digital Literate and Edutainment”. This is study using qualitative descriptive approach. The study was held by survey of the web library on their services. Identification of kind the library service, classification the library service based on library resources, divided to collection, facilities, activities. This paper has limitation as this just discusses about library services programs at university. The purpose of this paper is to find out the effectiveness of innovative library service and to create new service for increasing enthusiasm of users; maintain and modification innovation service. The implementation of innovative library service such as Learning Commons (to facilities students to make short movies, photography, English debate practice et.al), service scape, design of library for instagramable, library e talk, e service based on android