You will find that Marcia is not the only librarian lurking about. Consumer health and public librarians can make a subtle but important difference in how consumers of health information receive services, and at the same time influence providers of health services with support to communicate better. 



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>>> <RKenyon721 at aol.com> 7/30/2008 6:24 pm >>>

Hello all,
 
I am Moderator for the Learning Disabilities Discussion List and am  covering 
for Julie McKinney during her absence.
 
I was so impressed with the recent message posted by Marcia Zorn.   Such an 
abundance of good information!  How wonderful for this List to have  a 
reference librarian as a subscriber.  
 
 
Rochelle Kenyon
 
 
 
Rochelle Kenyon, Ed.D.
Moderator, NIFL/LINCS Learning  Disabilities Discussion List
Center for Literacy Studies at the University of  Tennessee
_RKenyon721 at aol.com_ (mailto:RKenyon721 at aol.com)  

To  post a message: 
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The following do not exactly address the question about  resources/location 
for information demonstrating how many persons with low  health literacy and/or 
low literacy skills have Internet access; but some of  these reports update 
the good resources Doug sent.

Nielsen released on  July 8, 2008 the Nielsen "Three Screen Report, 
Television, Internet and Mobile  Usage in the U.S." (dated  May 2008) which updates the 
2004 numbers
_http://www.nielsen.com/pdf/3_Screen_Report_May08_FINAL.pdf_ 
(http://www.nielsen.com/pdf/3_Screen_Report_May08_FINAL.pdf)   , - It's the first comparable 
U.S. figures showing video and TV usage across the  'three screens' - 
Television, Internet and Mobile devices.

A press  release from Nielsen about it is at 
_http://www.nielsen.com/media/2008/pr_080708.html_ (http://www.nielsen.com/media/2008/pr_080708.html)   . It 
states that "Two hundred twenty million Americans have Internet access at  home 
and/or work and 73%, or 162 million went online in May...It highlights that  
"watching video on the Internet is no longer a novelty; 119 million unique  
viewers viewed 7.5 billion video streams in May 2008.  In addition as of Q1  
2008, 91 million Americans (36% of all mobile phone subscribers in the U.S.)  
owned a video-capable phone. "  

Another press release with stats is at  
http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/menuitem.55dc65b4a7d5a 
dff3f65936147a062a0/?vgnextoid=fe63c9769fcfa110VgnVCM100000ac0a260aRCRD 
Tiny  url = _http://tinyurl.com/6j269o_ (http://tinyurl.com/6j269o)   

Newer NTIA report stats/chart is at
_http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/2008/Table_HouseholdInternet2007.pdf_ 
(http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/2008/Table_HouseholdInternet2007.pdf)    

Also, "New Study Shows Internet Users 50+ Are Rapidly Closing the  Digital 
Divide with Booming Online Activity News release: 42% of users 50+ check  the 
Internet for news daily or
several times a day, compared to 18% of users  under 20.   
_http://www.aarp.org/research/press-center/presscurrentnews/new_study_released
_by_the_center_for_the_digital_f.html_ 
(http://www.aarp.org/research/press-center/presscurrentnews/new_study_released_by_the_center_for_the_digital_f.html) 
   
The complete study from The Center for the Digital Future and AARP is  
available upon request 
Highlights of the report are available here:
_http://www.digitalcenter.org/pdf/2008-Digital-Future-Report-Final-Release.pdf
_ 
(http://www.digitalcenter.org/pdf/2008-Digital-Future-Report-Final-Release.pdf)   
The full report is available for purchase _http://store.digitalcenter.org_ 
(http://store.digitalcenter.org)   

And to compare U.S. usage to other countries:   "Digital World: State Of The 
Internet" Report Highlights Growth in Emerging  Internet Markets (by 
comScore).  U.S. Currently Accounts for 21 Percent of  Worldwide Internet Users, Down 
from 66 Percent in 1996
_http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2115_ 
(http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2115)   

For those interested in the Social Media "movement," see Power to the  
people, Social Media Tracker, Wave 3.0, March 2008 - Universal McCanns Global  
Research Into Impact of Social Media project to measure consumer usage,  attitudes 
& interests in adopting social media platforms (stated
to be  the largest exploration of its kind) "to provide the facts behind the  
hype..."
_http://www.universalmccann.com/Assets/wave_3_20080403093750.pdf_ 
(http://www.universalmccann.com/Assets/wave_3_20080403093750.pdf)   

***Specifically about Literacy and Internet access: 

There's a  2005 eGov report titled Improving Access to the Internet: A report 
to the  Congress...which discusses literacy (though not much) at 
_http://www.cio.gov/documents/icgi/report.pdf_ 
(http://www.cio.gov/documents/icgi/report.pdf)   

And you might be interested in these Web Junction links: Equity  of Access: 
Igniting a Passion for Change 
_http://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=5507_ (http://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=5507)   

I believe that if you search for statistics on the Digital Divide  and 
literacy, you'll find articles and LINKS that might interest you, like from  
article: Congress Needs to Address the Digital Divide - 2005 - By Mark Lloyd  
(October 6, 2005)
_http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2005/10/b1097565.html_ (http://www.ame
ricanprogress.org/issues/2005/10/b1097565.html)   

Definitely check with a local librarian about searching for statistics  for 
you.

Marcia Zorn, Reference Librarian
National Library of  Medicine



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