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May 1, 2013Carolyn Miller, Kathryn Zickuhr, Lee Rainie, Kristen Purcell
Parents of minor children have a special relationship with libraries. Most believe libraries are very important for their children and provide extra resources that are not available at home.
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Technology is changing expectations about how to find and use information, particularly among younger generations, and libraries are changing along the way.
Monica Spain, KPLU - NPR
Jan 22, 2013
Are you the person with a neat pile of library books on your bedside table? Or maybe you're a screen person with electronic copies of the latest e-books. Whether your preference is traditional print or digital, a new report says libraries won't be gi...
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David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times
Perhaps the most groundbreaking aspect of “Library Services in the Digital Age,” the report released today by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project is how non-groundbreaking its findings are. Based on “a survey of 2,252 Americ...
Ben Johnson, Marketplace
You don't have to be a book worm to know that in 2013, libraries are changing. San Antonio Texas is planning a library that will feature e-readers, laptops, and tablets -- but no books. My neighborhood spot, the Brooklyn Public Library, has an Inform...
Jack Loechner, MediaPost
Jan 17, 2013
According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, in the past year the number of those who read e-books increased from 16% of all Americans ages 16 and older to 23%. At the same time, the number of those who ...
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Dec 31, 2012Lee Rainie, Kathryn Zickuhr, Maeve Duggan
13% of those ages 16 and older have accessed library websites via mobile devices
Associated Press
Dec 31, 2012
A new Pew study reports that around 13 percent of Americans aged 16 and older used a mobile device to visit a library website during the past year. Patrons ages 18-49 were the most likely to use a mobile device for the library, while those 65 and ...
Dec 28, 2012Lee Rainie
In a survey this fall, the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project asked whether people had accessed the internet at a library in the previous 12 months. Some 26% of those ages 16 and older said they had.
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Dec 27, 2012Lee Rainie, Maeve Duggan
23% of Americans ages 16 and older read an e-book in the past year, up from 16% the year before. The share who read a print book declined to 67%, from 72%
Cecilia Kang, The Washington Post
Dec 27, 2012
America’s obsession with digital tablets is driving a boon in e-book reading, a new survey shows, a trend that is dampening the appeal of printed books and shaking the centuries-old publishing business. The share of Americans who read e-books grew...
Patricia Reaney, Reuters
(Reuters) - The popularity of electronic books is increasing in the United States, with nearly one-quarter of American bibliophiles reading e-books, according to a survey released on Thursday. The number of e-readers aged 16 years and older jumped...
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The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center. The Center is supported by The Pew Charitable Trust.