Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

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Internet and Technology

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    BroadbandCensus.com

    A new website lets users weigh in on their broadband experience

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    The Internet and Libraries: Snapshots from a new media landscape

    Research conducted by The Pew Internet & American Life Project examines the growing role of technology in our lives, our changing expectations about how to find and use information, and the impact younger generations will have on libraries and oth…

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    Virtual World Continuum

    All virtual worlds are 3-D internet tools where people interact and communicate using avatars, however, some virtual worlds track more faithfully to the real world than others.

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    New Site Search

    Please try our new site search – we hope you will be pleasantly surprised!

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    Surviving in the New Digital Ecosystem

    This presentation covers a variety of reports from the Pew Internet Project that are particularly relevant to librarians and those who provide information services.

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    E-health Reality Check

    Eight in ten respondents who recently needed health information said they turned to a professional for advice.

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    The Internet Gains in Politics

    The internet is living up to its potential as a major source for news about the presidential campaign. Nearly a quarter of Americans (24%) say they regularly learn something about the campaign from the internet, almost the double the percentage from …

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    Increased Use of Video-sharing Sites

    48% of internet users have been to video-sharing sites such as YouTube and the daily traffic to such sites on a typical day has doubled in the past year.