---
title: "Public library engagement in the United States"
description: "An overview of three years of research into Americans’ relationships with public libraries in the digital age."
date: "2014-08-18"
authors:
  - name: "Kathryn Zickuhr"
    job_title: "Former Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/kathryn-zickuhr/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2014/08/18/public-library-engagement-in-the-united-states/"
categories:
  - "Emerging Technology"
  - "Libraries"
---

# Public library engagement in the United States

An overview of three years of research into Americans’ relationships with public libraries in the digital age.

** [Libraries in the digital age](https://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet/libraries-in-the-digital-age-38095331) ** from **[Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project](http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet)**