Teens and Libraries (Infographic)

 

Rainie, L. (2013, January 23). Teens and Libraries. Presentation presented at YALSA Teens and Libraries Summit.

Teens and Libraries, two words that do not seem to fit together much anymore. After reading the research that Lee Rainie put together for the YALSA Teens and Libraries Summit in January of 2013 I was shocked with the number of teens that actually use the library. To me it feels like it is a struggle to put a book in front of a teen and actually have them read something more than Facebook. I know that in the world we live in there is more of a need for technology and that we need to change with the times, but we cant loose the since of printed books. Lee Rainie and colleagues surveyed online 2,462 teachers with a College Board and National Writing Project and these are these are the seven things that they discovered about Teens and Libraries...

7 takeaways from our research
1)Teens live in a different information ecosystem

2)Teens live in a different learning ecosystem

3)Teens’ reading levels match/exceed adult levels

4)Teens use libraries and librarians more than others, but don’t necessarily love libraries as much

5)Teens have different priorities in library services

6)Teens will behave differently in the world to come

7)The public and teachers recognize this and want libraries to adjust to it

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