Surviving in the new information ecology
Lee discusses the latest findings of the Pew Internet Project and why they suggest that libraries can play a role in people’s social networks in the future.
Lee Rainie
Publications
The New Library User and how to Serve Her (and Him)
A look at the new needs and experiences of information seekers and media makers
The Magic of Social Networks
Libraries can play a role in people’s social networks in the future.
The rise of the e-patient
In this talk to medical librarians, Lee Rainie covered how e-patients and their caregivers have become a force in the medical world. In addition, he looked at the many ways that e-patients are using the internet to research and respond to their he...
Unfinished Symphony: What we don’t know about the future of the internet
A discussion of the critical uncertainties about the evolution of the internet
Knowledge Workers and the Internet (Podcast)
Lee Rainie did a podcast with Inmagic about the latest research of the Pew Internet Project.
Trends in internet use: How public radio fits in
Pew Internet Project data about changes in the online world, different technology users, and how those changes might affect public radio programming.
Multitasking — Lee Rainie on Kojo Nnamdi’s talk show
My appearance on the Kojo Nnamdi talk show on WAMU (a Washington PBS station) about new research on the problems with mutitasking.
The nine tribes of the internet
This speech looks at how government leaders and others can apply the Pew Internet tech-user typology to promoting their missions.
Podcast: Is the Internet a Great Tool of Democracy?
Director Lee Rainie spoke with Library Beat about the social impact of the Internet, recent research, and reasons why librarians will survive in the new media ecosystem.
