Younger Americans’ Library Habits and Expectations Summary/Reflection

     The article "Younger Americans' Library Habits and Expectations" discusses recent survey results conducted by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. The research/survey was collected to examine how younger American use library resources. The survey shows how younger American uses library resources verses older library users. The survey also reveals younger Americans' library habits. It shows what resources they use most often verses the resources they use less often. The survey constantly compares younger American user to older American users. 
     Since younger American users are labeled as ages 16-29, it is not surprising that we see this age group using a variety of library resources more often than the older users. I believe we get these results because this age group consist of all high school and college students. The curriculum throughout high school and college calls for students to conduct in depth research. The library is the one place where a student can research a topic using a variety of resources including book, e-books, Internet, newspaper, etc. Once you get past the age of 29 you see less and less people that require the need to conduct research, mostly because they have completed their education. The need to research always continues, however, the older users (past age 30) only conduct simple research. They simply Google something and browse the internet. They are not required to conduct in depth research, therefore they do not take the time to visit their locate library and use a large variety of resources to conduct their research.