This statistic shows which activities U.S. library users took part in when visiting a library or bookmobile in the last 12 months, as of April 2016. Of the survey respondents who visited a library in the last 12 months, 64 percent said they used the library to borrow print books.
When visiting a library in the last 12 months which of these things did you do?
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Pew Research Center. (September 9, 2016). When visiting a library in the last 12 months which of these things did you do? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/469426/library-users-activities-usa/
Pew Research Center. "When visiting a library in the last 12 months which of these things did you do?." Chart. September 9, 2016. Statista. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/469426/library-users-activities-usa/
Pew Research Center. (2016). When visiting a library in the last 12 months which of these things did you do?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/469426/library-users-activities-usa/
Pew Research Center. "When Visiting a Library in The Last 12 Months Which of These Things Did You Do?." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Sep 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/469426/library-users-activities-usa/
Pew Research Center, When visiting a library in the last 12 months which of these things did you do? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/469426/library-users-activities-usa/ (last visited April 24, 2024)
When visiting a library in the last 12 months which of these things did you do? [Graph], Pew Research Center, September 9, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/469426/library-users-activities-usa/