Pew Internet: Advocacy Tools for Librarians

What Do Americans Say about Public Libraries?

Cecil County Public Library

Pew Internet: Advocacy Tools for Librarians

From Distant Admirers to Library Lovers (March 2014)

How Americans Value Public Libraries in their Communities (December 2013)

Parents, Children, Libraries, and Reading (May 2013)

Library Services in the Digital Age (January 2013)

Libraries, patrons, and e-books (June 2012) and The rise of e-reading (April 2013)

The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project has produced a series of reports presenting new research on library services, trends in reading habits and patron needs in the digital age. This three-year research program is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and informed by an advisory group, focus groups and surveys of library users, non-users, and librarians.