Of the 53 percent of U.S. adults who said they visited a library in 2007, the biggest users were young adults aged 18 to 30 in the tech-loving group known as Generation Y, the survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project said.
Gen Y: biggest users of libraries
These are our students! Clearly they see libraries as a community and a place they can access information! (actually, young adults 18 - 30, that's me too, and I'd have said, well obviously, but then I suppose as a librarian I'm somewhat biased!)
I would be interested in reading more of the study, but what this article reports on does seem to point to the importance of improving power and access to computers in the library (especially as we continue purchasing access to periodicals and other materials online!) as well as the library as space - the community of information & knowledge seekers.
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