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Media Mention
This Week in Libraries
Nov 2, 2011
Pew Internet director Lee Rainie was on “This Week in Libraries,” where he and John Seely Brown spoke about the process of knowledge aquisition, networked objects, librarians as data analysts, and more. (Video)
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Laurie Putnam, Next Libraries
Oct 26, 2011
What does your community want and need from a library? If you’re a librarian, chances are you’ve made efforts to find out, to strategically plan, to adjust services to local interests and changing needs. Rarely, though, do any of us get to see a broa...
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Presentation
Oct 18, 2011Lee Rainie
Director Lee Rainie gave a keynote address at the Internet Librarian conference that examined the potential role librarians can play in “learning communities” – both physical and virtual. Includes video and slides.
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Sep 23, 2011Lee Rainie
Director Lee Rainie looked at the “state of reading” in the digital age by going through Pew Internet data about how teens use the internet, smartphones, and social networking sites. He argued that reading is now 1) raw material for further creation;...
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The University of Washington's Project Information Literacy
Jun 8, 2011
In this interview with Project Information Literacy, Director Lee Rainie talks about the impact of social networks on learning, libraries, and society, as we know it.
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Presentation
May 6, 2011Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie discusses how libraries can be actors in building and participating in social networks through their use of social media and through delivering their time-tested — and trusted — services to their patrons.
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Presentation
Apr 7, 2011Lee Rainie
Lee Raine talks with Journalism That Matters' Bill Densmore about how libraries can adjust and thrive in the new media ecosystem.
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Presentation
Mar 23, 2011Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie looks at the value of libraries to their communities. (Now updated with video and slides.)
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Media Mention
Bill Densmore, Journalism That Matters
Mar 14, 2011
In this 25-minute discussion (via Skye), Pew Internet Director Lee Raine talks with Journalism That Matters' Bill Densmore about how libraries can adjust and thrive in the new media ecosystem.
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Presentation
Mar 7, 2011Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie speaks about networked individuals and networked librarians at the annual conference of university librarians in North Carolina
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