FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 20, 2009
Recent trends in Internet and mobile use and how information seekers come in different shapes and sizes.
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Recent trends in Internet and mobile use and how information seekers come in different shapes and sizes.
Lee Rainie is a keynote speaker at the 2009 CAL Conference, Power On: Avenues for the Future.
In “The new information ecology,” he summarizes recent trends in Internet use, cell phone use and how information seekers come in different shapes and sizes. He also discusses the way technology affects all types of libraries: academic, public, school, and special.