Americans' Engagment with Public Libraries (2013)
by SavvyRoo on Feb 15, 2015 | Views: 259 | Score: 5
High engagement (80% visited library in the last year) | 30 |
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Medium engagement (50% visited library in the last year) | 39 |
Low engagement (30% visited library in the last year) | 17 |
No library use | 14 |
Sources:
pewinternet.org
Most Americans are not likely to visit a public library in the next year. What does this say about our tax dollars "at work?”
I don't think people realize how valuable a resource libraries are. In my opinion they're a great use of tax dollars, but as this chart shows, most people don't take advantage.
More remarkable now that you can use your library electronically. Most of the books I read this year were on my kindle app, delivered free from my library.
The library is great for studying too. Nothing like being around all those books! I try to go weekly.