Personanondata: Pew Report: Libraries 2020

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Pew Report: Libraries 2020

This presentation was made in June 2012. The conclusions are very much towards the end of the presentation regarding the role of the librarian and the expected needs of the library user. The author uses some research data on use of the library, reading accessibility and mobile penetration to extrapolate the changes that may be engendered.

Libraries 2020: Imagining the library of the (not too distant) future from Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project

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