Emerging Technology

Here's a roundup of the biggest technology predictions experts are making for 2008.

Research conducted by The Pew Internet & American Life Project examines the growing role of technology in our lives, our changing expectations about how to find and use information, and the impact younger generations will have on libraries and oth...

A presentation on how librarians can function in a world where the internet, cell phones, gaming consoles, MP3 players, and other digital gadgets are part of everyday life.

This presentation covers a variety of reports from the Pew Internet Project that are particularly relevant to librarians and those who provide information services.

Where do you turn when you have a problem? Family and friends? Experts? Internet searches? Libraries?
We asked those and a variety of other questions on a recent survey and found some surprising things.

There are several major findings in this report. One is this: For help with a variety of common problems, more people turn to the internet than consult experts or family members to provide information and resources.

With environmentally friendly solutions a hot topic, switching to broadband could be one of the easiest ways for you to reduce emissions, according to a new report.

Is it possible to end the opposition between books and the internet?

This is a general discussion of the hallmarks of the new digital ecosystem and some of the changes that have occurred to people's relationship to each other and people's relationship to information and media.

This is a rundown of the Pew Internet & American Life Project's most recent findings related to internet use, especially Web 2.0 activities. It also goes through the Project's new tech-user typology and the implications of the Project's findings f...