The Libraries is happy to announce the latest speaker in our 2009 series. Tomorrow, December 11, Lee Rainie will present "How to Survive in the New Media Ecology." Come join us for this event!
December 11, 2009
10:00am-11:30pm
Smithsonian Ripley Center
Lecture Hall, Room 3027
1100 Jefferson Drive, SW
Washington, DC 20024
Rainie has co-authored two books, Up for Grabs, Hopes and Fears and Ubiquity, Mobility, Security. He is currently writing Networked: the New Social Operation System, about the social impact of the Internet and cell phones. Rainie is the director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a non-profit, non-partisan “fact tank” that studies the social impact of the Internet. The Pew Internet Project issues reports studying how people’s Internet use affects their families, communities, health care education, civic and political life and work places.
Rainie is a graduate of Harvard University and has a master’s degree from Long Island University. Follow him on Twitter.
The Libraries will webcast this lecture live. Stay tuned for further details! If you have any additional questions, contact Liz O’Brien.
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