Libraries and communities
what types of services Americans value in their libraries and what additional services they would like their libraries to offer.
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Methods
The Pew Research Center Library Survey, sponsored by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and the Gates Foundation, obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 6,224 people ages 16 and older living in the United States. Interviews were conducted via landline (nLL=3,122) and cell phone (nC=3,102, including 1,588 without a […]
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Reading, writing, and research in the digital age
Kathryn Zickuhr discussed Pew Research’s data on reading, writing, and research in the digital age at the edUi 2013 plenary talk.
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Methods
Pew Research Center Library Survey Prepared by Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project October 2013 Summary The Pew Research Center Library Survey, sponsored by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 6,224 people ages […]
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A Snapshot of Reading in America in 2013
Who’s reading—and how: A demographic portrait As of January 2014, some 76% of American adults ages 18 and older said that they read at least one book in the past year. Almost seven in ten adults (69%) read a book in print in the past 12 months, while 28% read an e-book, and 14% listened […]
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The New Library
What people do at libraries and what they’d like libraries to become
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Mobile Health in Context
Susannah Fox will deliver a keynote address to a symposium hosted by the University of Maryland Health Sciences & Human Services Library in Baltimore
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The next rural library
Lee Rainie speaks about the Project’s latest research about the way people use libraries and the role they play in their communities.
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The Mobile Difference
Overview of Pew Internet’s mobile connectivity findings and their implications for libraries
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short reads
Jewish essentials: For most American Jews, ancestry and culture matter more than religion
Most American Jews say being Jewish is primarily a matter of ancestry and culture, not religious practice.