November 2011
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Nov 19th
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New report: Why Americans use social media
Our latest report takes a quick but informative look at why Americans use social media: Two-thirds of online adults (66%) use social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or LinkedIn. These internet users say that connections with family members and friends (both new and old) are a primary consideration in their adoption of social media tools. Roughly two thirds of social media...
Nov 15th
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Nov 15th
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In the past two years, social networking site use... →
Nov 14th
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“One of the most interesting things about this [digital] environment to me is...”
– —Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet Project, quoted in What do Americans want from their libraries? Here’s our chance to find out For years researchers at the Pew Internet & American Life Project have been tracking changes in our information ecosystem. Now they’ll be looking at the...
Nov 11th
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Nov 9th
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NYC Open Data: Welcome to the NYC Open Data Tumblr →
nycopendata: Welcome to the NYC Open Data Tumblr As part of Mayor Bloomberg’s commitment to transparency and innovation, over 800 (and counting!) City datasets are now online for anyone in New York or around the world to explore and access via an API, for deeper, real-time integration into apps and websites.  NYC Open Data brings you: ·   City datasets about everything from school test...
Nov 9th
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Nov 4th
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What we're reading: “Why Parents Help Their... →
by danah boyd, Eszter Hargittai, Jason Schultz, and John Palfrey, First Monday. You can read the full article at the link above, or read danah’s blog post summarizing the results at the Digital Media and Learning Blog.
Nov 4th
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WatchWatch
Be sure to watch our director, Lee Rainie, on “This Week in Libraries,” where he and John Seely Brown spoke about the process of knowledge acquisition, networked objects, librarians as data analysts, and more! Related: Be sure to watch Lee’s keynote at the Internet Librarian conference as well!
Nov 3rd
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Less Is More: Using Social Media to Inspire... →
Nov 2nd
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Nov 2nd
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