Quick Summary
The 25th Annual Minitex Interlibrary Loan Conference will take place on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at the Continuing Education and Conference Center on the Saint Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota. The keynote speaker this year will be Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology Research at Pew Research Center.
The 25th Annual Minitex Interlibrary Loan Conference will take place on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at the Continuing Education and Conference Center on the Saint Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota.
From the PEW Research Center:
Keynote speaker, Lee Rainie, is the director of internet, science and technology research at Pew Research Center. Under his leadership, the Center has issued more than 500 reports based on its surveys that examine people’s online activities and the internet’s role in their lives. He also directs the Center’s new initiative on the intersection of science and society. The American Sociological Association gave Rainie its award for “excellence in the reporting on social issues” in 2014 and described his work as the “most authoritative source of reliable data on the use and impact of the internet and mobile connectivity.”
Rainie is a co-author of Networked: The new social operating system, and five books about the future of the internet that draw on the Center’s research. He gives several dozen speeches each year to government officials, media leaders, scholars and students, technology executives, librarians, and nonprofit groups about the changing media ecosystem. He is also regularly interviewed by major news organizations about technology trends.
Prior to launching Pew Research Center’s technology research, Rainie was managing editor of U.S. News & World Report. He is a graduate of Harvard University and has a master’s degree in political science from Long Island University.
Registration information will be sent later this month.
