One for the books: Gen Z, millennials have an unlikely love affair with their local libraries

by Kathi Inman Berens and Rachel Noorda, for The Conversation January 14, 2024January 12, 2024

Libraries can be an oasis from doomscrolling and information overload. (Diliff/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA)

A PHONE FIXATION may seem at odds with an attraction to books. But the latter may offer a much-needed reprieve from the former.

In our recent study of American Gen Z and millennials, we discovered that 92 percent of them check social media daily; 25 percent of them check multiple times per hour.

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