Margaret Danziger deputy director of The Toledo-Lucas County (Ohio) system says Baby Boomers and boys aren’t using the library enough, and only way to get them in is to create a library specifically for them, and specialized programming to attract specific target groups is a growing trend at libraries around the country.
No longer places where just books line the shelves and librarians repeatedly shush children, libraries in northwest Ohio, southeast Michigan, and around the country have become centers of activity, organized with intentions of attracting those who are otherwise not using them.
“It’s a universal challenge to continually think of new ways to attract customers into the library,” said Doug Evans, executive director of the Ohio Library Council. “Each library is doing something different to attract their specific demographics.”
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