Some 46 % of
library card holders said they prefer to purchase print books they want to read and 45 % said they preferred to borrow print books.
So, for example, if you are trying to
increase library card holder rates, you don't want to send direct mail to people in your community who already have library cards.
Some 55 %
of library card holders regularly read magazines and journals (vs. 39 % of non-card holders) and 35 % of those card - holding readers say they read such material on a computer or handheld device.
AK Digital Library / OverDrive
Regular library card holders also have access to a consortium for eBooks and audiobooks (formerly known as ListenAlaska).
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service that lets
current library card holders borrow materials from other libraries around Texas as well as other US libraries.
A Pew Research study published in June found that 41 % of
library card holders who read ebooks purchased their most recently read book.
In the 12 months before our December survey,
library card holders report that they read an average (the mean number) of 20 books, compared with 13 books for non-card holders.
To use WLS ILL Services, you must be a valid
WLS library card holder in good standing with active borrowing privileges.
Among library card holders, a similar proportion (47 %) say they had bought their most recent book, while 20 % borrowed it from a friend, 20 % borrowed it from the library, and 12 % got it another way.
In the 12 months before our December survey,
library card holders say they read an average (the mean number) of 20 books, compared with 13 books as the mean number of books read by non-card holders.
Alaska Library Catalog
Regular library card holders have access to the Alaska Library Catalog (ALC), a consortium of 77 libraries serving over 65 % of Alaska with 3.9 + million items.
If you are
a library card holder in and of the Broward County Libraries below, you can locate books, movies, music and more with easy search features designed for Mobile devices.
In October, they announced a deal with the ministry of culture in Spain to provide ebook services to over 15 million
library card holders in Spain.
According to the ALA, «58 percent of
all library card holders said they did not know whether their library provides e-book lending services.»
Anyone in Georgia could click this link to read your books as long as they are
a library card holder at a library that has SELF - e.
58 % of
all library card holders say they do not know if their library provides e-book lending services.
And
library card holders were also more likely than non-holders to say they will be buying a tablet in the coming months.
Kelvin Watson is the Director of the Broward County Libraries Division with 38 locations, circulating over 10.5 million items annually, and over 1 million
library card holders.
Over 15 million
library card holders will benefit and enjoy digital content through eBiblio (powered by OdiloTK, a complete digital asset lending and management -LSB-...]
Computers are available on a first - come, first - served basis for
any library card holder in good standing.
Asked where they got the most recent book they read,
library card holders are just as likely as non-card holders to have purchased the book, but much less likely to have gotten it from a family member or friend and more likely to have obtained it from the library.
Looking specifically at
library card holders, we find they are buyers as well as borrowers of books.
10 % off admission for seniors, students, and teachers, non-profit employees, KQED members, public transit riders, and
library card holders.