{"id":94810,"date":"2012-12-31T09:46:49","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T14:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2012\/12\/31\/mobile-connections-to-libraries-2\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:17:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:17:03","slug":"mobile-connections-to-libraries-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2012\/12\/31\/mobile-connections-to-libraries-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Connections to Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Findings<\/h2>\n\n

Some 13% of those ages 16 and older have visited library websites or otherwise accessed library services by mobile device. This is the first reading in a national survey by the Pew Research Center\u2019s Internet & American Life Project on this subject. An earlier survey in 2009 by scholars at the University of Washington found that 6% of Americans ages 16 and older had used a mobile device to connect to a library site, so the incidence of this activity has doubled since then.[1. Becker, Samantha, Michael D. Crandall, Karen E. Fisher, Bo Kinney, Carol Landry, Anita Rocha. Opportunity for All: How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries. March 2010. Available at: http:\/\/www.gatesfoundation.org\/learning\/Documents\/OpportunityForAll.pdf<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n

Those who are most likely to have connected to a library site include parents of minor children, women, and those with at least some college education.<\/p>\n\n

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Library website users<\/h3>\n\n

In all, the Pew Internet Project survey finds that 39% of Americans ages 16 and older have gone to a library website at one time or another and, of them, 64% visited a library site in the previous 12 months. That translates into 25% of all Americans ages 16+ who visited a library website in the past year.<\/p>\n\n

Those who are most likely to have visited library websites are parents of minors, women, those with college educations, those under age 50, and people living in households earning $75,000 or more.<\/p>\n\n

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The 25% of Americans ages 16 and older who went to a library website in the past 12 months tended to do so with modest frequency:<\/p>\n\n

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  • 3% of them went every day or almost every day<\/li>\n
  • 9% went at least once a week<\/li>\n
  • 15% went several times a month<\/li>\n
  • 27% went at least once a month<\/li>\n
  • 46% went less often than that<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

    When they were on the sites, users sampled a wide variety of library services. Of those 25% of Americans who went to a library website in the past 12 months:<\/p>\n\n

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    • 82% of them searched the library catalog<\/span> for books (including audiobooks and e-books), CDs, and DVDs.<\/li>\n
    • 72% got basic library information<\/span> such as the hours of operation, location of branches, or directions.<\/li>\n
    • 62% reserved books<\/span> (including audiobooks and e-books), CDs, and DVDs.<\/li>\n
    • 51% renewed a book<\/span>, DVD, or CD. Those ages 30-49 and parents of minor children are especially likely to have done this.<\/li>\n
    • 51% used an online database.<\/span> Those ages 18-29 are particularly likely to have done this.<\/li>\n
    • 48% looked for information about library programs or events.<\/span> Those ages 50-64 are especially likely to do this.<\/li>\n
    • 44% got research or homework help.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 30% read book reviews <\/span>or got book recommendations.<\/li>\n
    • 30% checked whether they owed fines or paid the fines<\/span> online. Those ages 30-49 are particularly likely to have done this.<\/li>\n
    • 27% signed up for library programs<\/span> and events.<\/li>\n
    • 22% borrowed or downloaded an e-book.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 6% reserved a meeting room.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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