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• Now on the CSL website! A Snapshot of How Californians are Finding and Using Information: A comparison of the results of two Zogby International Polls 2008

  New technologies and evolving social trends are changing the way in which people find and use information. Ubiquitous access to online information resources and search engines have enabled every person with access to a computer or mobile device with connectivity Read More... Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 9:02 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: CSL publications, CSL website, LDS, California public libraries, Emerging technologies

• New California Research Bureau report, Security and Privacy Recommendations for Government-Issued Identity Documents Using Radio Frequency Identification Tags or Other Technologies, now online

  Security and Privacy Recommendations for Government-Issued Identity Documents Using Radio Frequency Identification Tags or Other Technologies Christopher J. Marxen (CRB-08-008, July, 2008) This report was produced in response to a request from Senator Read More... Posted Friday, July 18, 2008 9:36 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: CSL publications, CSL website, CRB reports, Emerging technologies

• Online Digital Divide widens for some California groups

  The Public Policy Institute of California , in cooperation with the California Emerging Technology Fund and ZeroDivide , conducted a statewide poll regarding use of computers and the Internet. The results show a widening digital divide for Latino and Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:02 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: Emerging technologies, State of California

• Statewide Reference Think Tank - August 25-26, 2008 in Pasadena

  New technologies and evolving social trends are changing the way in which people find and use information. Everyone is a seeker of information. Ubiquitous access to online information resources and search engines have enabled every person with a computer Read More... Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:09 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: CSL partners, California public libraries, Emerging technologies

• Library-a-Go-Go coming to California this spring, story in Library Journal

  In her February 26, 2008 article, Library Journal reporter Lynn Blumenstein writes that “thanks to” the Contra Costa County Library , a northern California Bay Area Rapid Transit ( BART ) station will boast “the nation’s first Read More... Posted Friday, February 29, 2008 10:13 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: LSTA, California public libraries, Emerging technologies

• Deputy State Librarian Stacey Aldrich to attend, report on, Emergent Technology Conference

  Next week Deputy State Librarian Stacey Aldrich will be traveling to the O'Reilly's Emergent Technology Conference in San Diego. For the latest reports on the conference and interesting technologies, check-out Stacey's blog at http://ideablah.blogspot.com Read More... Posted Friday, February 29, 2008 9:21 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: Emerging technologies, Conferences