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acoustics. No less important, the next step would be to con- nect to the many preexisting resources we have discussed: key informational sites, multimedia providers, and social networks. Finally, we note that, for the most part, this agen- da of adapting to Millennial-era technology should not be a vast undertaking by the Society or some other single entity. By the very nature of these new technologies, effective change is likely to be the result of many small contributions by individuals. The next step forward to make acoustics out- reach better must be made by You.AT
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2 For more information on trends of Millennials see N. Howe and W. Strauss “Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation,” Vintage, 2000; W. Strauss and N. Howe, “Millennials and the Pop Culture” LifeCourse Associates, 2006.
3 I. J. Busch-Vishniac and J. E. West, “Acoustics Courses at the Undergraduate Level: How Can We Attract More Students?” Acoustics Today, Vol. 3(2), April 2007.
4 “eBooks, the End User Perspective,” Springer, http://www.masternewmedia.org/ebooks_usage_trends_and_ statistics/#ixzzOrUP3FIgx accessed 3 Sept 2010.
5 “Wikipedia,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 3 Sept 2010. accessed 3 Sept. 2010.
6 Found using Wolfram Alpha search on “Wikipedia hits.”
7 Other online informational resources such as Wolfram Research could also use major enhancements to their acoustics-related
articles.
8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Physics/
Taskforces/Acoustics/Popular_pages accessed 10 Sept 2010.
9 Internet Archive, www.archive.org.
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