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Media Mention
Joseph O'Leary, Reuters
Jun 22, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Though Kindles and Nooks are becoming almost as common as books, more than half of all U.S. readers don't know they can borrow e-books from their local library, a Pew Center poll showed on Friday.
The poll showed 62 percent of...
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Media Mention
Andrea Smith, Mashable
Jun 22, 2012
As reading habits shift from printed to digital ink, public libraries are struggling to raise awareness of their digital offerings.
The introduction of tablets and dedicated e-book readers has changed the way we read. Now, you’re just as likely to...
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Jane Henderson, stltoday.com
Jun 22, 2012
Most U.S. libraries lend e-books, but most people don't know about it: Only 22 percent realize the fast-growing digital format is available, according to a new survey. And even fewer people — 12 percent of e-book readers — have borrowed an e-book fro...
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Report
Jun 22, 2012Kathryn Zickuhr, Lee Rainie, Kristen Purcell, Mary Madden, Joanna Brenner
12% of e-book readers have borrowed an e-book from a library. Those who use libraries are pretty heavy readers, but most are not aware they can borrow e-books.
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Presentation
Jun 7, 2012Kristen Purcell
Associate Director Kristen Purcell shares Pew Internet's latest data on mobile, social networking, and e-reading in her keynote address for the 2012 State University of New York Librarians Association Annual Conference in New York City.
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Presentation
May 18, 2012Kristen Purcell
Kristen Purcell spoke about Americans' use of the internet and other digital technologies, and shared highlights from our report on the rise of e-reading.
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Presentation
May 10, 2012Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie will give the keynote presentation titled "Learning in the Digital Age: Where Libraries Fit In" at the 21st Annual Minitex ILL Conference in Minnesota.
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Presentation
Apr 25, 2012Mary Madden, Kathryn Zickuhr
Mary Madden and Kathryn Zickuhr presented findings on the rise of e-reading, including reading-device ownership and the general reading habits/preferences of Americans.
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Presentation
Apr 19, 2012Lee Rainie
Director Lee Rainie will give the “Networked libraries” speech at the Biblionext conference in Rome, Italy
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Media Mention
Alan Finder, New York Times
Apr 11, 2012
As a technical matter, it’s remarkably easy to borrow an e-book from your local library. But not if you want to take out the best-selling biography of Steven P. Jobs, the hero of the Internet age who helped lure tens of millions of people to personal...
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