BookNet Canada Shares Data About “Canadian Book Borrowers in 2023”
From a BookNet Canada Post:
In 2023, Canadian library book borrowers visited the library online and in-person more than ever before.
Since 2020, the percentage of Canadian book borrowers who visited the library online at least one a month has increased 72% from 50% in 2020 to 86% in 2023. The percentage of book borrowers who visited the library in-person also increased 24% from 59% in 2020 to 73% in 2023, shown in the graph below.
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.