LibrariUS | How are you using the library? | A Public Insight Network — American Library Association collaboration

How are you using the library today?*

This is a required field. Feel free to share more details about what you're doing if you have time.
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Please tell us which library you're visiting. Which library are you visiting?*
Enter your library's name, city, and state. Move the map pin to refine your location.

This is a required field. How are you accessing the library today? I'm here in person.
I'm accessing it remotely, through a computer.
I'm on a mobile device.

Please share some details or a story that would help us understand your answer — and the role that libraries play in your life or the life of your community.

Put yourself on the map.
Please tell us who you are, and provide us an e-mail address or phone number (at least one is required for submission) so we can follow up with you if we have questions. Your information is private. We will not sell it or contact you for reasons other than news coverage.

Please fill in the required information. Your first name is required. Your last name is required. Your city is required. Your state is required.

First Name*

Last Name*

City*

State or Province*

Please provide either your email or phone. Your privacy is of utmost importance to us. We will never share your information with anyone outside the newsrooms of the Public Insight Network.

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Help journalists and librarians better understand the information and civic needs of communities and do a better job of meeting them. None of the following information is required. All of it will remain private.

What is your gender?

What race or ethnicity are you?

In what year were you born?

You must be 13 years or older to submit information to American Public Media.

Thank you!

Thanks for sharing your library story. A reporter or Public Insight journalist may contact you to hear more.

Return to LibrariUS now or anytime to find out what people are doing at your local library. Just search for your library, city or town by name. Do a keyword search if you want to know who uses libraries for the same reason you do.

Please contact Melody Ng (mng@americanpublicmedia.org; 651-290-1499) with any questions, suggestions, or story ideas. Thanks again!

Welcome to the library! Whether you're here in person or accessing the library online, we're curious why you're here, and what you are seeking. Your insights and experiences will create a dynamic picture of your community — and the country — viewed through the lens of local libraries. You will help journalists, librarians, the American Library Association (ALA) and its Public Library Association (PLA) division explore the information and civic needs of communities and do a better job of meeting them.

Your response, your first name and last initial, and your location will be displayed on a public interactive map, updated in real time. They also will be shared with this library, the ALA, the PLA, and journalists in American Public Media's Public Insight Network (PIN) — a channel for everyday people to make news coverage more transparent, trustworthy and relevant by sharing their personal experiences and insights.

Any personal information you provide, such as your e-mail address, will remain private and confidential to a small circle of journalists who may follow up with you and ask for your help with future news stories. American Public Media cares deeply about your privacy.

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Search LibrariUS Responses

We've upgraded the LibrariUS tool to allow librarians and researchers to filter through the responses to the LibrariUS query. Learn more about what more than 2,000 people have told the Public Insight Network about how they use the library.

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From the LibrariUS blog

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Oscar Gittemeier, 32, of Atlanta, told the Public Insight Network that if it weren't for audiobooks, and the libraries that supplied them, he wouldn't have graduated from high school.

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Get your library involved!

Your local library can help the American Library Association, its Public Library Association division, and the Public Insight Network with the LibrariUS project by placing a widget on the library's website.

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Common Words

Click on the image below to see the most common words shared with the LibrariUS projects.

Questions about this project? Feel free to call or email Melody Ng with the Public Insight Network at American Public Media. You can reach her at 651-290-1499 or mng@americanpublicmedia.org. We are always interested in your feedback and story ideas.

By filling out this form, you are giving American Public Media and other newsrooms in the Public Insight Network permission to contact you for help with current and future news coverage, and you become part of the Public Insight Network.