Libraries Solve Problems!
CIL 2008 Monday Morning Keynote Speech
Lee Rainie, Pew Internet and American Life Project
Lee started out thanking librarians for all their support regarding Pew research, and apologized for not fully recognizing their support in the past. He was very enthusiastic and appeared to be very happy to be speaking at CIL.
After discussing some library-related blogs he moved into the main part of his talk. Here are some random notes and data taken from the speech.
From the Industrial Age to the Information Age
Year 2000 internet: Slow and stationery connections; 46% of adults use the internet.
Year 2008 internet: fast and mobile connections; 75% of adults use the internet.
Media ecology was simple a long time ago, but now there are many types of gadgets, products, and displays.
Content Creation
62% of young adult internet users have uploaded photos to the internet.
Pictures have become an important part of communications .
58% of online teens have created their own profile on a social network site like Facebook.
33% of college students keep blogs and regularly post.
54% of them read blogs.
Lee admitted there is some murkiness with these blog statistics as blogs can be incorporated into social networking sites, and some people may not consider such writings as blogs.
19% of online young adults have created an avatar that interacts with others online.
Libraries
53% of American adults have visited a (public?) library in the past year.
Some Takeways and Implications for Librarians
Awareness of our products and services is a public education opportunity for libraries.
Focus on success stories and competence.
Use our patrons as advocates. Get their feedback.
Our "un-patrons" are primed to seek us out.
Aspire to be a node in people's social networks.
Offer our expertise in new literacies.
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