---
title: "Friending Libraries: Why libraries can become nodes in people’s social networks"
description: "Lee Rainie discussed Pew Internet's latest tech-user findings and why they suggest that libraries can play a role in people’s social networks in the future."
date: "2009-03-30"
authors:
  - name: "Lee Rainie"
    job_title: "Former Director, Internet and Technology Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/lee-rainie/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2009/03/30/friending-libraries-why-libraries-can-become-nodes-in-peoples-social-networks/"
categories:
  - "Libraries"
  - "Social Media"
tags:
  - "Libraries"
  - "Social Networking"
  - "Technology User Types"
---

# Friending Libraries: Why libraries can become nodes in people’s social networks

Lee discussed Pew Internet's latest findings and why they suggest that libraries can play a role in people’s social networks in the future. He described the reasons that people rely more and more on their social networks as they share ideas, learn, solve problems, and seek social support. And he explored how libraries can act as "nodes" in people’s networks.

http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet/friending-libraries-why-libraries-can-become-nodes-in-peoples-social-networks-1222975