Tag: Pew Internet and American Life Research

New Pew Report on the Value of Public Libraries in Communities

This morning Pew Internet & American Life released the latest report on libraries in the digital age. "How Americans Value Public Libraries in Their Communities" reports on the value of libraries services to their community. The vast majority of Americans ages 16 and older say that public libraries play an important role in their communities: 95% … Continue reading New Pew Report on the Value of Public Libraries in Communities

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (and the Interesting) of Libraries and eBooks – Pew’s Latest Report

This morning at 12:01 am Pew released their new report on the role of libraries in the digital age – title Libraries, patrons and ebooks. You can read the full report here and I encourage you to do so, there is a great deal of good data there. I've pulled out some data that I … Continue reading The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (and the Interesting) of Libraries and eBooks – Pew’s Latest Report

Working with eBooks? Please Take this Pew Survey

Actually there are two surveys - one for those working in libraries and one for patrons. If you work in a library and work with ebooks please take a few minutes to take the first survey. Please share the second survey with your patrons. The surveys will be live April 16 through May 18. The … Continue reading Working with eBooks? Please Take this Pew Survey

Ebook Readership Increases, Still Only 21%

Before you get too excited about the 21% who have read an ebook in the last year compared it with the 22% who reported not reading a book at all. That compares with 22% who told us they had not read a book in the previous 12 months or didn’t answer a book-reading question in … Continue reading Ebook Readership Increases, Still Only 21%