Half of UK library visitors aren’t there for the books

Report: less than half Calderdale library users go in to borrow a book. One in five treat the building as an information bureau and one in six are more interested in getting free access to computers.
Many young people treat libraries as a waiting room or a place to meet friends, a survey has shown. But by broadening their appeal, Calderdale Council has managed to stem the shrinking demand for library services and during the past four years the number of users has been gradually increasing.

February 5, 2008 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. effinglibrarian says:
    February 5, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    library use as a kid
    I don’t remember why I went to the library all the time when I was a kid. Maybe I waited for my sister to get out of school so we could catch the bus home, I don’t know. But I remember spending lots of time listening to record albums of classical music and Bob Newhart comedy and reading Tintin. But I also remember running around playing hide-and-seek with friends; hiding in the bathrooms, running up and down the stairs, but quietly. So in my experience, kids haven’t changed. They’ve always been little pains-in-the-ass.

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