---
title: "New data on how Americans use and engage with public libraries"
description: "Findings about Americans’ engagement with public libraries"
date: "2014-06-18"
authors:
  - name: "Kathryn Zickuhr"
    job_title: "Former Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/kathryn-zickuhr/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2014/06/18/new-data-on-how-americans-use-and-engage-with-public-libraries/"
---

# New data on how Americans use and engage with public libraries

Research associate Kathryn Zickuhr presented findings about [Americans’ engagement with public libraries](http://libraries.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet/2013/12/11/libraries-in-communities/) to participants of MCID’s International Visitor Leadership Program in Washington, DC.

** [New data on how Americans use and engage with public libraries](https://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet/mcid) ** from **[Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project](http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet)**