Lee Rainie is Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and former Managing Editor of U.S. News and World Report.
Parents of minor children have a special relationship with libraries. Most believe libraries are very important for their children and provide extra resources that are not available at home.
Read More »Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, was joined by digital and library experts to discuss the findings of the Project’s most recent report, Library Services in the Digital Age. The report is based on the findings of a nationally representative survey that asked Americans what types of services they value [...]
Read More »Join Lee Rainie at ALA’s 2013 Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, Washington to hear firsthand new findings about library services: what the public wants (and does not want) at libraries, as well as details from library focus groups on how libraries are coping with the new mix of services. Explore this important new research and its implications for planning library [...]
Read More »As part of its year-long National Forum on Libraries and Teens project, YALSA hosted a Teens & Libraries Summit Jan. 23-24, 2013, in Seattle. The Summit featured two days of speakers, panels, and small group discussions to examine the current state of library services for and with young adults, and to explore how library services [...]
Read More »The internet has already had a major impact on how people find and access information, and now the rising popularity of e-books is helping transform Americans’ reading habits. In this changing landscape, public libraries are trying to adjust their services to these new realities while still serving the needs of patrons who rely on more traditional resources.
Read More »13% of those ages 16 and older have accessed library websites via mobile devices.
Read More »African-Americans and Latinos are more likely than whites to access the internet at their local library, as are parents of minor children, those under age 50, and those with some college experience.
Read More »23% of Americans ages 16 and older read an e-book in the past year, up from 16% the year before. The share who read a print book declined to 67%, from 72%.
Read More »Residents of urban, suburban, and rural areas vary in their purposes for reading, their use of digital content, their engagement with public libraries, and where they turn for book recommendations
Read More »The changing world of libraries: Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, discussed the Project’s latest research about how people use technology and how people use libraries. He also discussed the implications of this work for libraries.
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