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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for posting this, Ross—I appreciate your digging into the data and identifying some food for thought for us public library folks. We are all prone to basking in the glow of how our super users love us, rather than thinking critically about what we need to do to reach the ones who don’t use us at all. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Penny Hummel<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Penny Hummel Consulting<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>penny@pennyhummel.com<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>503.890.0494<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>www.pennyhummel.com<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Libs-Or <libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us> on behalf of Ross Fuqua via Libs-Or <libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><br><b>Reply-To: </b>Ross Fuqua <Ross.Fuqua@state.or.us><br><b>Date: </b>Friday, January 24, 2020 at 4:09 PM<br><b>To: </b>Libs-OR <libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us>, "pl-directors@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" <pl-directors@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><br><b>Subject: </b>[Libs-Or] Gallop poll on library visits<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello library folks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gallop just released some findings today from <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/284009/library-visits-outpaced-trips-movies-2019.aspx">a recent poll of U.S. adults’ common leisure activities</a>, and it puts libraries at the top of a list of cultural activities that participants were asked about. We’re more popular than going to a movie these days which is, of course, great! Their brief report breaks down responses by age, gender, region, household income, and whether they are living with children under 18. No big surprises here, although respondents <i>without</i> children reported a slightly higher library visit rate which seems a bit odd to me….<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anyway, when I saw how low their median response was, I dug a bit deeper into their methodology and complete responses (there’s a PDF at the bottom of the webpage – or <a href="https://news.gallup.com/file/poll/284015/200123LeisureActivities.pdf">download it here</a>) and I’d suggest anyone who’s interested to take a look, too. What jumped out at me was the following response percentage breakdown (see 3 of the PDF). When asked “How many times in the past year, if any, did you…visit a library?”:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><b>38% answered <i>none</i></b><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>9% answered <i>once</i><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>10% answered <i>twice</i><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>12% answered <i>3-5 times</i><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>5% answered <i>6-9 times</i><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><b>26% answered <i>10 or more times</i></b><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This I think confirms what many of us know already – that we have strong usage from our “uber patrons,” but that there are significant parts of our communities that we aren’t reaching. There is also another usage trend to be considered, which this poll doesn’t capture: the rise of the “virtual patron” (i.e., the folks who are strong users of e-content, but don’t have a need to physically visit their library). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There is some interesting social demographic info that Gallop shares from the poll on the last page (page 5) of the supplementary PDF that might be of interest as well.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Happy Friday!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:5.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Ross Fuqua</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Data & Federal Programs Consultant</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:#1F497D'>503-378-5027 | <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/library/libraries">oregon.gov/library/libraries</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Follow us: </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/stateLibraryOR/">Instagram</a> | <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/StateLibraryOR/">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/statelibraryor">Twitter</a> |<b> </b><a href="https://pinterest.com/statelibraryor/">Pinterest</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/library/libraries"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=300 height=39 style='width:3.125in;height:.4062in' id="Picture_x0020_27" src="cid:image001.png@01D5D42B.DADBAE50" alt="cid:image003.png@01D5D2D0.91F21690"></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>