Pew Survey on ebook in public libraries

[Lesli]

Thought I would pass this along...

Do you borrow e-books from your local public library? | Pew Internet Libraries http://bit.ly/Iquhlb

by Kathryn Zickuhr

As you know, we are in the midst of a multi-year study of the changing role of public libraries in the digital age. For our next report, we’re supplementing our usual nationally representative phone surveys with non-scientific, non-representative online surveys. These surveys help us draw out deeper, richer stories about the experiences of library users that can be used to illuminate the findings of our nationally representative surveys. If you check out or download e-books from your local public library, please take the survey below and tell us about your experiences!

The survey will be confidential and we will not share your identity, although your answers may be quoted anonymously in the report. The survey should take about 15 minutes.

[J. A.]

I took the survey :)

My closest library recently started the e-book catalog a little under a year now, and though I've always been meaning to try it out, I never get around to it =/ I feel bad about it, because I think it's a great thing they've implemented and I remember getting really excited about it, lol! But it turns out I still just check out print books and then just read my own Kindle books that I've purchased *blush* I think I will vouch to try and check one out soon, once I figure it out!!

[Clare K. R.]

That's pretty cool, thanks for sharing the poll.

[Tammy K.]

I completed your survey. I would like to see library's have the e-readers themselves available to be checked out for those who can not afford an ereader.
I feel my kindle has increased my reading and believe it will others.

[Lesli]

Results of the ebook survey!
http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012...

12% of readers of e-books borrowed an e-book from the library in the past year. But a majority of Americans do not know that this service is provided by their local library...