Millenials and Libraries

This report by Lee Rainie initially includes some of the same data reported in my last blog posting, "13 Things to Know about Teens and Technology," but then focuses on teen use of the library and librarians.  I was surprised at some of the findings.

I was surprised that the numbers are as high as they are in the younger readers group.  Yay!

I was surprised that cell phone and computer use was so high for young readers reading e-books.  Awesome!!

Young readers also had the highest numbers in using the library at 72% and getting help from a librarian at 43%.  Super!!

Unfortunately, the young readers had the lowest number on the resulting impact on their community of their local library closing...the data below again looks great!!

Finally, the report stresses that teachers and the public strongly support a leading role for libraries in providing resources for teaching digital literacy for our youth.




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Millennials and Libraries. (n.d.). Pew Research Centers Internet American Life Project RSS. Retrieved July 28, 2014, from http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/04/09/millennials-and-libraries/