digithek blog

(via magazine.1000libraries.com)

“But the statistics speak for themselves. While 77% of Americans on the whole believe that libraries are important, a study from the American Library Association has found that gen z and millennials are using public libraries at a significantly higher rate than older generations. Within the gen Z bracket, POC appear to use libraries the most. (…)

In some cases, young people might feel that a library is the only place they can really focus! Imagine trying to do all your homework or studying in a shared bedroom with your younger siblings… Libraries simply offer an alternative space. It’s perhaps best described by Rachel Noorda, who worked on a report on the use of libraries: they are ‘a place to be solitary, but also a place to build community.’”