Pew Research Update at ALA Midwinter
Lee Rainie, director of Pew Internet and co-author of Networked: The New Social Operating System, is scheduled to discuss Pew Internet’s new report on public libraries at ALA Midwinter
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Lee Rainie, director of Pew Internet and co-author of Networked: The New Social Operating System, is scheduled to discuss Pew Internet’s new report on public libraries at ALA Midwinter
Even as they disagree on the ultimate impact for jobs, there are several points on which these groups concur. Some of their predictions are rooted in extreme pessimism about our ability to adapt to the coming wave of technological change, but others offer a more hopeful outlook. Our public institutions—especially our educational system—are not adequately […]
Despite near-universal agreement that AI and robotics will make huge advances in the coming decade, the experts who participated in this survey are evenly split on the question of what impact those advances will have on human employment. Throughout history, technological advances have produced as many new jobs as they displace—there is no reason to […]
Tech experts hope the open structure of the Internet will prevail in the coming decade; but they anticipate battles to preserve relatively unhindered connectivity.
The Pew Research Center Library Survey, sponsored by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and the Gates Foundation, obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 6,224 people ages 16 and older living in the United States. Interviews were conducted via landline (nLL=3,122) and cell phone (nC=3,102, including 1,588 without a […]
Some of the most prominent and respected technology experts and analysts made far-ranging predictions about the Internet of Things. Their answers: Continuous monitoring will be a “powerful element in our lives” It will create a world in which “people are always able to get information about essentially anything they encounter” David Clark, a senior research […]
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Most Americans ages 16 and older in the United States have used a public library at some point in their lives, and about half have used a public library in the past year. A September 2013 Pew Research Center survey finds that 61% of those ages 16 and older have a library card, which is […]
Americans’ perceptions of public libraries The vast majority of Americans ages 16 and older say that public libraries play an important role in providing free access to materials and resources, promote literacy and a love of reading, and improve the overall quality of life in a community: 95% of Americans say that “because it provides […]
54% of Americans have used a public library in the past year, and 72% live in a “library household.” Most say libraries are very important to their communities.
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