2007SummerQ4

Summer 2007

Question #4
The OCLC surveys continue to report that many Americans, as well as others, automatically associate "library" with "books and book reading.” These findings support the notion of the library as the "book place." Discuss the assets and the liabilities of the popular notion that libraries are a place to go for books and book reading.

[|Link to the OCLC survey] -- This survey has great information. It's in a PDF format. The link will let you download the survey in parts, since the whole report is 290 pages. Don't be intimidated by the length. It has great charts, lots of color, and the sections range from 10 pages to 42 pages, though most are 30 pages. It reads quickly and easily.

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