A while ago I reported on the Pew Internet Project’s November 2005 report on increased use of search engines. Here’s what I had to say at the time:
On an average day, about 94 million American adults use the internet; 77% will use email, 63% will use a search engine.
Among all the online activities tracked, including [...]
Posted January 8, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information. Tags: internet, internet usage, lib20, libraries, library, library 2.0, library evolution, library usage, library20, online activities, online behavior, online libraries, online library, pew internet and american life project, pew internet project, search engine, search engine use, search engines, web searching. Be the first one.
It turns out that the Pew Internet and American Life Project sort of keeps a blog. Here are some points from a November 2004 post by project director Lee Rainie regarding “surprising, strange, and wonderful data:”
The vast majority of most Internet users (80%) and many non-users (about 40%) expect that they will be able to [...]
Posted January 8, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information. Tags: internet use, libraries, library, online behavior, patron behavior, pew internet, pew internet project, pip, search engine use, search engines, web searching. Be the first one.
