---
title: "The next rural library"
description: "Lee Rainie speaks about the Project’s latest research about the way people use libraries and the role they play in their communities."
date: "2013-09-26"
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/2013/09/26/the-next-rural-library/"
categories:
  - "Libraries"
  - "Rural Residents & Tech"
  - "Rural, Urban and Suburban Communities"
tags:
  - "Libraries"
---

# The next rural library

Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, speaks about the Project’s latest research about the way people use libraries and the role they play in their communities. He describes some of the ways that rural libraries are unique and will also cover the most recent findings about how people use mobile connections and social media to get and share information.

http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet/2013-92613-the-next-library-pdf