The last thing libraries need is Silicon Valley “disruption.”

Re:The last thing libraries need is Silicon Valley “disrupti... by rayiner on Friday July 27, 2018 @11:54AM (#17626880)

Except library usage correlates with the opposite of what you're suggesting: http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/09/15/who-uses-libraries-and.... Different ethnicities use libraries at almost exactly the same rate, and lower-income and lower-education households use libraries less than higher-income, higher-education households.

Library use is declining across the board, but especially quickly in rural communities, among those with less than a high school degree, and among African americans.

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Re:The last thing libraries need is Silicon Valley “disrupti... by Sharlin on Friday July 27, 2018 @12:25PM (#17627127)

That’s not really a counterargument to what the OP said. Most likely Internet usage is also lower in lower-income, less educated demographics, and the Internet and other media content that is consumed is of lower quality (tabloids, Fox News, etc.) It’s almost tautological that less well educated are, well, less well educated. And low-income-but-employed people often can’t afford to spend time consuming quality media, free or not, because leisure time itself is a luxury. There are a bunch of deep-rooted systemic problems here that the ”tech will solve everything” people conveniently ignore.

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