IL2004 - Monday - 09:00 Keynote

Originally posted 2004-11-15.

I guess to be hip I should blog my notes from the keynote.
I am more of a post-conference summarizer, so this stuff is pretty raw.

“Internet Librarians Own the Future”
Lee Rainie
Director, Pew Internet and American Life Project

+20%
just over 1000 attendees

* Internet use and news gathering during the election - pew website

no powerpoint, text will be online

statistical  picture of internet users
who is on, who is not

stat picture of usage

users report no issues of information overload

minimal connection to library issues

(librarians should) explain (and promote) peer review / ranking / rating rationale

book _The Librarian_ same guy as Wag the Dog