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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E74B5">Greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E74B5">The Pew Research Center has released a brief article that may be of interest to library staff:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="color:#2E74B5">Many Americans, especially blacks and Hispanics, are hungry for help as they sort through information<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#2E74B5">While only 20% of Americans say they <b><a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/12/07/information-overload/">feel overloaded</a></b> by the amount of information they encounter in modern
life, many are open to getting some help in finding material that can help them make decisions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#2E74B5">A new analysis of a November 2016 <b><a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/2017/09/11/how-people-approach-facts-and-information/">Pew Research Center survey</a></b> shows that 76% of U.S.
adults say they would benefit “a lot” from having at least one of seven different kinds of help in accessing information that can help them make decisions. (See chart below for full list.) About four-in-ten (41%) say three or more of these possible forms of
assistance would help them a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E74B5">The rest of the report can be found
<a href=":%20http:/www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/11/29/many-americans-especially-blacks-and-hispanics-are-hungry-for-help-as-they-sort-through-information/">
here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E74B5">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Darci Hanning, MLIS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#2E74B5">Technology Development Consultant</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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