Young adults like libraries and books, new study finds

Good news for American public libraries: Despite growing up in an increasingly digital world filled with iPhones, tablets, texts and tweets, young people ages 16 to 29 use the library more than any other age group, a new study finds.

According to the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, this demographic is just as likely to borrow a book—like, those bound and printed on paper—and is more likely than their elders to have read one.

The survey, found that 75 percent of 16-to-29-year-olds—so-called "digital natives"—have read a printed book in the past year, compared with 64 percent of those 29 and up.

More findings from the Pew study:

• 85% of 16-17 year-olds read at least one print book in the past year, making them significantly more likely to have read a book in this format than any other age group.
• Younger patrons are significantly more likely than their elders to use libraries as places to sit and read, study, or watch or listen to media; 60% of younger patrons say they go to the library to do this, compared with 45% of library visitors ages 30 and older.
• 44% of library visitors under age 30 have used a library’s computers, internet, or a public Wi-Fi network, compared with just 27% of those ages 30 and older.

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I think this is a good piece of news, even though it doesn't have Malaysian students in it but as a library enthuthiast and avid readers who has devoted my entire life promoting reading, i see this as a good enough sign. Maybe all the excellent Y A books in the market propel this and i am very happy.

Taken from yahoonews and here