Libraries + Parents = Innovation and Success

Rainie, L. (2013, June 30). Libraries + Parents = Innovation and Success. Pew Research Centers Internet American Life Project RSS. Retrieved July 20, 2014, from http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/06/30/libraries-parents-innovation-and-success/

Libraries + Parents = Innovation and Success from Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

1. Libraries are important

2. Libraries stack up well against other institutions

3. People like librarians

4. Libraries have rebranded themselves as tech hubs

5. Parents over-index on library use in person via tech

6. Among library users, parents do more activities than others

7. Reading is alive and well

8. E-book reading is growing; borrowing is just getting started

9. Parents own more e-book reading devices

10. Parents eager for new tech services

11. The public invites you to be more engaged in knotty problems. 

12. Libraries have a PR problem/opportunity

13. Mothers are special

Basically, libraries are important. People enjoy the experience of going to the library, both alone and bringing young children.

Most people still read a physical books versus e-books. On slide 11, I was most surprised to see that breakdown of numbers for books read, e-books read, and audio books. I would have thought that the number of physical books and e-books would have been closer in number, but physical books are much higher. 

In the end, libraries and cool, and awesome, and still very needed in the community. 

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