Technology users' strong support for libraries

6charlong · 03-13-2014, 04:59 PM

An article in the Washington Post reports a positive relationship between how much people use technology and their support of public libraries.

Quote:

New research on library users from the Pew Research Center suggests that people who report high engagement with libraries tend to be pretty tech savvy. The two groups identified by the Pew Internet and American Life Project as having the highest level of engagement with libraries, "library lovers" and "information omnivores" show higher levels of technology usage than the average American.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...wpisrc=nl_tech

wizwor · 03-15-2014, 07:58 PM

For most questions, the difference is statistically insignificant. The biggest difference is in 'Use the internet at least occasionally' and where is the surprise there? I would imagine a lot of people who do not have internet access use a library as a public terminal. When we lost power/internet for eight days, I used Staples for my internet activities -- they had better hours than the library.

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03-15-2014, 07:58 PM	#2
wizwor Wizard Posts: 1,068 Karma: 23867385 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: kindle, fire	For most questions, the difference is statistically insignificant. The biggest difference is in 'Use the internet at least occasionally' and where is the surprise there? I would imagine a lot of people who do not have internet access use a library as a public terminal. When we lost power/internet for eight days, I used Staples for my internet activities -- they had better hours than the library.

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