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Gen Y has lots of library users

By Jennifer Stephens

Generation Y biggest user of U.S. libraries - survey
Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:00pm EST

WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - More than half of Americans visited a library in the past year with many of them drawn in by the computers rather than the books, according to a survey released on Sunday.

Of the 53 percent of U.S. adults who said they visited a library in 2007, the biggest users were young adults aged 18 to 30 in the tech-loving group known as Generation Y, the survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project said. (cont.)

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