Learning in the digital age
Lee Rainie will give the keynote presentation titled “Learning in the Digital Age: Where Libraries Fit In” at the 21st Annual Minitex ILL Conference in Minnesota.
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Part 1: Introduction
This is the first comprehensive examination of the reading habits of the general population since e-books have come to prominence. The emergence of e-books has disrupted industries and institutions that have enjoyed relatively stable practices, policies, and businesses for decades. Widespread consumer interest in e-books began in late 2006 with the release of Sony Readers […]
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Part 5: Where and how readers get their books
Background The past several years have brought changes to the bookselling ecosystem, including the rise of e-commerce (and of Amazon in particular) and the continuing decline of independent bookstores and the bricks-and-mortar mega-bookstore. Borders declared bankruptcy in 2011. The current bookstore landscape now includes Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, as well as smaller chains and […]
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NextLibraries: What do Americans want from their libraries?
Laurie Putnam at Next Libraries has a great post up discussing the plans of our new research initiative to study libraries in the digital age.
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Libraries get a room of their own
You may notice that this website looks and feels a bit different from the home site of pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet.
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Let us be your megaphone
Chances are, if you’re reading this post, you’re someone who loves storytelling as much as we do. And while we at Pew Internet primarily tell stories through data, we also rely heavily on qualitative research to help us better understand the larger trends we observe in our research.
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Part 6: The differences among e-book reading device owners
Introduction This section takes a closer look at the reading habits and preferences among those who own e-book reading devices such as e-readers and tablet computers. It further explores differences among these device owners because they do not all use their devices the same way for the same purposes. In our December 2011 survey we […]
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Why people like to read
Asked to tell us what they like most about book reading, those who had read a book in the past 12 months gave a host of reasons that ranged from the highly practical to the sublime.
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Part 3: Americans and their e-readers and tablets
Overview Ownership of both e-book readers and tablet computers has been growing slowly but steadily for the past few years. But during the most recent holiday season, we saw a major spike in ownership.[12. numoffset=”12″ Lee Rainie, “Tablet and E-book reader Ownership Nearly Double Over the Holiday Gift-Giving Period” (2011). http://pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet/Reports/2012/E-readers-and-tablets.aspx] In mid-January, we reported […]
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The Future of Big Data
Experts say new forms of information analysis will help people be more nimble and adaptive, but worry over humans’ capacity to understand and use these new tools well
