Pew Releases Report on American Engagement with Public Libraries

In an attempt to understand how the digital environment has changed American attitudes toward the public library, the Pew Research Center offers this report, “From Distant Admirers to Library Lovers and Beyond:  A Typology of Public Library Engagement in America.”  This report, released last month, completes a three-stage research project which began with research into the growing role of ebooks and exploring library services and their value to the community.  This typology “explores public libraries’ roles in people’s lives and in American culture writ large—how they are perceived, how they are valued, how people rely on them, and so forth.”

Read the full report here.