---
title: "Acknowledgments"
description: "This report was made possible by The Pew Charitable Trusts, which received support for the project through a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals: Primary researchers Lee Rainie, Director, Internet, Science, and Technology Research Andrew Perrin, Research Assistant […]"
date: "2016-04-07"
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/2016/04/07/libraries-and-learning-acknowledgments/"
categories:
  - "Education"
  - "Happiness & Life Satisfaction"
  - "Libraries"
  - "Online Search"
  - "Platforms & Services"
---

# Acknowledgments

This report was made possible by The Pew Charitable Trusts, which received support for the project through a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals:

#### Primary researchers

Lee Rainie, *Director, Internet, Science, and Technology Research *Andrew Perrin, *Research Assistant *John Horrigan, *Senior Researcher*

#### Research team

Maeve Duggan, *Research Associate *Aaron Smith, *Associate Director, Research *Claudia Deane, *Vice President, Research *Margaret Hefferon, *Research Assistant*

#### Editorial and graphic design

Margaret Porteus, *Information Graphics Designer *Shannon Greenwood,* Copy Editor *

#### Communications and web publishing

Shannon Greenwood,* Assistant Digital Producer *Dana Page, *Senior Communications Manager * Other reports from Pew Research Center project on libraries can be found at: [http://libraries.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet/](http://libraries.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet/)

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