New report examines attitudes of young people to public libraries in the UK
MLA have just released a new report, “A Research Study for 14-35 year olds for the Future Development of Public Libraries” [pdf].
Quoting from the Executive Summary;
“For non-users, negative perceptions of libraries are fairly deeply entrenched and there is a strong sense that libraries are ‘not for me’. In order to begin to consider libraries as an option, these barriers need to be addressed through service development and through facilitating understanding of changes within the service.
Responses to the modernised libraries included in this study demonstrated that efforts to update library services have made some libraries more compelling for both users and potential users in this age group and overcome some barriers.”
It’s always nice when official reports recognise the truth!
