What are the Brutal Facts?

The biggest users of the library last year were…eighteen to thirty year olds, Gen Y!

A national study conducted last summer by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency that supports the nation’s libraries,  showed that 53% of Americans visited the library at least once last year.

Internet users were more than twice as likely to use libraries as non-Internet users.

More than two-thirds in all age groups reported that they used computers while in the library.

Library use by age group:

62% Gen Y Ages 18-30

57% Ages 43-52

46% Ages 53-61

42% Ages 62-71

32% Ages over 72

(This information was cited in an article dated December 31, 2007 in Computerworld.)