Keynote - Libraries & the New Education Ecosystem
8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
San Carlos Ballroom (Marriott)
Lee Rainie,
Director, Imagining the Digital Future Center,
Elon University & Author, Networked: The New Social Operating System
Rainie shares new research about where libraries fit into the burgeoning education ecosystem of formal and informal learning. The Pew Research Center is doing a national survey of American adults to explore the lifelong learning needs of Americans and their sense of how different kinds of educational organizations and informal DIY learning can serve their needs. The research places special emphasis on workforce development issues and how libraries are viewed as part of community learning systems.
