Mobile Health 2010
The online health-information environment is going mobile, particularly among younger adults.
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Americans and their gadgets
As the digital world has expanded far beyond the desktop, consumers can now choose from an array of devices capable of satisfying their need for “anytime, anywhere†access to news, information, friends and entertainment.
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Online Product Research
58% of Americans have researched a product or service online; 24% have posted comments or reviews online about the things they buy.
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Chronic Disease in the Internet Age
People living with chronic disease are among the least likely to have internet access, yet once online they often dive deeply into gathering, sharing, and creating health information.
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Information on the go
This talk, the keynote address at the Arizona State Library’s E-Reader Summit and Technology Showcase, will highlight trends in mobile internet access, e-reader and tablet computer use, and mobile apps.
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Email vs. Social Networks
Young adults are just as likely to check their email as their Facebook account on a typical day; older adults still favor email.
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Transform Symposium
Susannah Fox will discuss the social life of health information and its potential for transforming health care.
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My Digital Library: Leveraging Today’s Mobile and Participatory Information Ecosystem
In this international course, Kristen will share data on the growing mobile landscape both globally and in the US, highlight key aspects of today’s changing information ecology, and explore with librarians how they can leverage these two trends in…
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Crowdsourcing a Survey: Health Topics
One of our core health findings (8 in 10 internet users, or about two-thirds of U.S. adults, look online for health information) is based on a series of questions that is tweaked in each survey. We re-word or separate concepts, cut some topics, a…
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Promoting Teen Reading with Web 2.0 Tools | YALSA Pre-Conference
Kristen Purcell will be speaking at the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) ALA pre-conference in Washington DC, as part of a panel entitled “Promoting Teen Reading with Web 2.0 Tools.”