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reportSep 15, 2015

Chapter 3: Lower Income Americans and Communities of Color More Likely to see Libraries as Community Anchors

Americans use of public libraries and generally positive attitudes about them cut broadly across all demographics surveyed. However, for lower-income Americans and those who are members of communities of color, libraries have a special role as places to learn new job skills, explore new digital technologies and provide services to them or their community. When […]
reportDec 21, 2015

1. Home broadband adoption: Modest decline from 2013 to 2015

Broadband adoption in the United States has experienced a modest decline in recent years, falling from 70% in 2013 to 67% in 2015. Those figures compare a September 2013 Pew Research Center survey that has a large sample size of 6,010 adults with combined surveys from April, July and November 2015 that total 6,687 adult […]
short readsAug 31, 2015

Current Congress is looking a little more productive – so far

Legislative productivity may be on an upswing, as lawmakers enacted more bills before their August break than either of the two preceding Congresses.
reportNov 10, 2015

Chapter 3: An Analysis of Android App Permissions

Most large internet companies use the same general methods for informing users about how their data will be used. These include agreements any frequent internet user would be familiar with such as privacy policies or terms of service. This study looks at one type of agreement: the permissions required by apps on Android devices. In […]
reportSep 15, 2015

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The Pew Research Center Libraries 2015 Survey obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative probability sample of 2,004 people ages 16 and older living in the United States. Interviews were conducted via landline (nLL=704) and cell phone (nC=1,300; including 760 without a landline phone). The survey was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International (PSRAI). […]
reportMar 17, 2015

Public Libraries and Hispanics

Hispanic immigrants are less likely than U.S.-born Hispanics, whites and blacks to use public libraries. But Hispanic immigrants who have made their way to public libraries stand out as the most appreciative of what libraries have to offer.
short readsApr 27, 2015

Job categories where union membership has fallen off most

The American public’s generally favorable view of labor unions hasn’t stopped, or even slowed, union membership’s long decline.
datasetApr 12, 2015

March 17-April 12, 2015 – Libraries and Technology Use

This survey contains questions about American adults’ relationship with public libraries as well as their use of various technological devices.
reportMar 17, 2015

Public Libraries and Hispanics

Hispanic immigrants are less likely than U.S.-born Hispanics, whites and blacks to use public libraries. But Hispanic immigrants who have made their way to public libraries stand out as the most appreciative of what libraries have to offer.
presentationNov 13, 2014

The Next Library and the People Who Will Use It

The latest findings from the Pew Research Center’s library research and the implications of that research for the future of libraries

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Chapter 3: Lower Income Americans and Communities of Color More Likely to see Libraries as Community Anchors

1. Home broadband adoption: Modest decline from 2013 to 2015

Chapter 3: An Analysis of Android App Permissions

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Public Libraries and Hispanics

March 17-April 12, 2015 – Libraries and Technology Use

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The Next Library and the People Who Will Use It

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