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    Libraries, Older Adults & Technology

    Older adults are less likely than younger adults to go online, but there are exceptions — those who “feel” and “do” younger than their chronological age.

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    Support Public Library Book Banning

    That’s the percentage of U.S. adults who completely (30%) or mostly (16%) agree that “books that contain dangerous ideas should be banned from public libraries” — the lowest level of support in 20 years.

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    Closing the Broadband Divide

    When you look at the data on Americans without broadband at home, it suggests it will take time to get these holdouts off the digital sidelines.

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    Wikipedia: When in Doubt, Multitudes Seek It Out

    The online, citizen-generated encyclopedia draws more visitors on a typical day than internet shopping, dating, travel booking, chat rooms or auctions — especially among the well-educated and college-aged.

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    Rights In and Out of the Classroom

    At the time of its school prayer decisions in the early 1960s, the Supreme Court had never ruled on whether students have the right of free speech inside public schools. By the end of that decade, however, the court began to consider the question. And the results have made the rules for religious expression far […]

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    Communities, Learning, and the Internet

    A discussion of Pew Internet Project findings about how the internet has changed communities and the general learning environment of users.