The Press-Dispatch
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B-10 Wednesday, April 25, 2012 The Press-Dispatch What's new at your library? books versus traditional books and Library usage are starting to come in. But it may be too soon to make any future predictions. An article in the Library Jour- nal outlined the results of a PEW report on the subject. One fifth of American The first studies on e- By Ginger Rogers adults (21 percent) report that they've read an ebook in the past year. According to the report, largest demographic of peo- ple borrowing books crossed all age groups whose earning was $30,000 or less. Those who look for eb- ooks in the library first tend to be those with incomes of $50,000 or less. One quar- ter of those who own ebook readers received book rec- ommendations and ebook in- structions from libraries, li- brarians, or library websites. However, those who own most Americans prefer to buy their books, and this was true of print and e-books. This is consistent with re- ports from past years. Au- diobooks were the only form of books that readers consis- tently said they would rath- er borrow. Audiobook users were twice as likely to bor- row a book from the library as those who don't listen to audiobooks. The biggest difference in those who buy and those who borrow any form of books was the demographic: 37 percent of age 16-17 bor- row books, and 20 percent of those over age 65. The 21-40 age groups were the most active library borrow- ers, and they tended to bor- row more variety of materi- als: children's books, movies, games, ebooks, audiobooks, fiction and nonfiction. The e-reading devices were more likely to buy books online, and less likely to borrow eb- ooks from the libraries. The main reason stated was lim- ited availability of e-books in libraries so far. This situa- tion however is changing rap- idly as more and more librar- ies add to their e-book col- lection daily. Libraries have made a 102 percent increase in e-book circulation in the past year. One surprising find was ter for reading with a child. "This is a consistent judg- ment throughout different demographics and tech-own- ing groups," There is a concern among educators that adults are less likely to read to or with chil- dren when using the e-book format, since there is the ca- pability of letting the device read to the child. Whether this may be detrimental to children developmentally, emotionally, or education- ally is the subject of many more studies. Library activities this week include: Preschool at Winslow to- day from 9-10:30. Thursday, preschool at Pe- tersburg from 9-10:30, and at Otwell from 1-2. Mother Goose on the Loose will be at Petersburg from 11-12. On Friday Preschool is at that library users stated that they were interested in pur- chasing e-readers and tab- lets in the next few months. The expected result was that library users would be more devoted to traditional print books. But by a huge margin, 81 Winslow from 9-10:30. Family Game night is at Winslow on Friday at 7 p.m. Saturday, Trading Card Games at Petersburg at 2 p.m. Next Tuesday, Preschool percent to 9% of respondents who havve read in both kinds of book formats in the past year say print books are bet- school at Winslow from 9- 10:30. We appreciate Kendrea Parker and Jo Ann Radcliff for buying bricks. at Petersburg from 9-10:30 and at Otwell from 1-2. Next Wednesday, pre- to Martha Wiscaver's, Terra Knust's and Chelsea Clifton's second graders at Otwell Elementary. The students learned about recycling by playing an interactive game called Carla Goodman, a speaker from IDEM, presented an Earth Week lesson Earth Week at OES Jeopardy Recyclables. The students also received recycling coloring books and soybean crayons. Pictured first row (l to r): Ashton Catt, Mackenzie Gibbs, Brandon Fuhrman, Ashton Evans, Joah Horrall, Crystal Wamser and Chelsea Clifton; second row (l to r): Drake Melvin, Austin Baker, Mallory Hunt, Baydden Has- enour, Hannah Bush, Cora Anson, Jason Barrios, Darrian Herrera, Sydney Boyd and Kieleigh Davis; third row (l to r): Hailey Parker, Brynn Hillyard, Abby Skelton, Alli Holder, Denna Pauw, Devin Carlisle, Cale Hoffman, Emi- ly Delobel, Kya Leighty and Carla Goodman. Somebody's Place news . . How's everyone doing in this crazy weather? We had summer last winter in Feb- ruary and now in April when we expect some good days, we have winter again. One never knows how to dress. I planted onions, carrots and potatoes in late March and they are up—but tomatoes and green peppers—I don't think so. I put a pineapple top in dirt today, but I hid it way back on the porch so it would keep warm. Does that make sense? We are doing fine at Some- Greetings Pike County . By Alene Grubb body's Place right now, but we are still in need of pea- nut butter, toothpaste, tooth brushes, bath soap, and any food items. Our other needs are boys' clothing, infant to size five, boys and girls un- derwear and socks, size two to twelve, these things go al- most as fast as they come in. We want to commend all of our faithful volunteers who give their time and ef- fort to the work here. With- out them we could not do the job that is before us. We are going to miss Jay and Shei- la as they are moving to Cal- ifornia to be with their fami- ly. We have a new volunteer, Brian, and we are thankful for this. Right now we have a full crew, but you never know when we will be calling you to help. parking easier for every- one and hope it will be tak- en care of soon. We request your patience with us un- til we get it all ironed out, because it will be more convenient. We have a lot of folks who We are trying to make have the flu and other illness- es and hope you are all well soon. We extend our sympa- thy to those who have lost loved ones, because we do care for all of you. We have a nice group of folks who come in to get their food and personal items, and we know they appreciate it because they always thank us. God bless. Bye now ya all! SHOWCASE ARTIST AT THE AZALEA PATH ARBORETUM & BOTANICAL GARDENS AZALEAS SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012 • 2:00-6:00 P.M. (CST) Tickets: $15.00/person A portion of the proceeds will go to support the North Gibson Life Skills Classes. First 500 tickets receive complimentary beverage and souvenir glass Tickets available at: Gibson County Visitors & Tourism Bureau, Gibson County Chamber of Commerce, Pike County Chamber of Commerce and the Azalea Path. SPONSORED IN PART BY TOYOTA MOTOR MFG INDIANA, INC. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.AZALEAPATHARBORETUM.ORG OR CALL 1-888-390-5825.