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I have to admit, that I don’t go to the library anymore. Whenever I need an information, I get it from the Internet. I read books, which I buy, the magazines, which are delivered to my mailbox and the newspaper, which lands at my doorstep every morning. And so, I was really surprised, when I read an article in the Businessweek, stating, that “Young adults are the heaviest users of public libraries despite the ease with which they can access a wealth of information over the Internet from the comforts of their homes, according to a new study.
That’s especially true for those who had questions related to health conditions, job training, government benefits and other problems. Twenty-one percent of Americans age 18-30 with such questions have turned to public libraries, compared with about 12 percent among the general adult population with problems to solve.”
“We’re seeing a lot of conversion of what may have been stack areas, warehouse areas,” said Loriene Roy, president of the American Library Association, which was not involved in the study. “Libraries are creating social spaces.”
“And people are going to libraries not only for the Internet computers there but also for library reference books, newspapers and magazines.”
For more info read: www.businessweek.com
Do you go to library often? Sometimes? For yourself or with your children? Answered?
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