<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Life in Libraries]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[cbecker53]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/author/cbecker53/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[&#8220;Kids&#8221; These Days!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>In case you haven&#8217;t heard about this recent Pew Report, let me do my part to make sure anyone who reads this blog is aware of it!  (Because I think it&#8217;s important news for libraries!)</p>
<p>A Pew Research Center <a href="http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2013/06/25/younger-americans-library-services/">report</a> released June 25 found that among those 16-29 years old, 75 percent had read at least one print book in the last year, versus just 25 percent who had read at least one e-book. They also think that libraries should coordinate more with local schools, offer free literacy programs, have more comfortable spaces, and a bunch of other stuff.  They <em>don&#8217;t</em> seem to think libraries are a thing of the past.</p>
<p><a title="Pew younger americans and libraries" href="http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2013/06/25/younger-americans-library-services/" target="_blank">Read more about it</a>!</p>
<div style="width: 250px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52498245@N03/7770244716" target="_blank"><img class="zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" title="Female Teenager" alt="Female Teenager" src="https://i0.wp.com/farm9.static.flickr.com/8304/7770244716_21890f5c1d.jpg" width="240" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Teenager (Photo credit: Jenn Durfey)</p></div>
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