Kathryn Zickuhr is a research associate at the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. Zickuhr studies the changing role of libraries in Americans’ lives and communities in the era of digital content. She has also published reports on topics ranging from location-based services to broadband adoption. Zickuhr is a graduate of the University of Kansas, where she studied History and Slavic Languages & Literatures. She is the lead author of reports on libraries and e-books, younger Americans’ reading and library habits, and disparities in technology access and use. She has been interviewed by The New York Times, NPR, The Washington Post, and other major news outlets regarding Pew Internet’s research.
How those under 30 engage with libraries and think about libraries’ role in their lives and communities
An overview of three years of research into Americans’ relationships with public libraries in the digital age.
The Pew Research Center recently released a library user quiz sorting Americans into different typologies based on how they use and view libraries. Here are the results.
A new typology of Americans’ public engagement with public libraries, which sheds light on broader issues around the relationship between technology, libraries, and information resources in the United States.
The proportion of Americans who read e-books is growing, but few have completely replaced print books for electronic versions.
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