Duggan, M., Raine, L. & Zickuhr, K. (2012) Mobile
Connections to Libraries. Retrieved from http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/12/31/mobile-connections-to-libraries/
In this day and age, many of us need quick and easy access to
information via the internet. We often at times use our mobile devices to find
directions to a location, hours of operations and much more. However, many of
us do not use our mobile devices to connect with our local library. Only 13% of
people ages 16 and older have visited library websites or accessed library
service by mobile devices. Even though the numbers have doubled since 2009, the
numbers are still quite surprising. Only 25% of all Americans 16 and over have visited
a library website in the past year. People who are most likely to visit a library
website are parents of minors, women, those with college educations, those
under age 50, and people living in households earning $75,000 or more.
I feel as though the lack of promotion as to what libraries
have to offer online has hindered people from visiting the site more often. It
was not until last year that I discovered that I could place a book on hold,
search for books at other branches and have them sent to the library near home
and renew books online. If public libraries collaborate with school libraries
and the community to promote what they have to offer online, more people would
go to the site for resource and information.
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