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January 02, 2008

Libraries are still relevant!

A new study found that over 50% of Americans visited a library in the past year. Most of them were drawn by Internet access. The results of the study come as a surprise given predictions in the mid 1990s that libraries would be irrelevant in the digital age. Another surprise finding is that young adults are the heaviest library users. Read more about study in the New York Times and Reuters.

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