Since April 2019, the Freckle Project has been asking a key question of American readers: "Where did you get that book". Through a series of public-facing surveys, project lead Tim Coates has been able to track the habits of reading - and the evolution of format changes - before, during, and after the COVID pandemic. Public libraries are deeply impacted by changes in reading habits, format preferences, and choices about where and how people acquire their next book, ebook, or audiobook.
The EveryLibrary Institute has been supporting the research behind the semi-annual consumer surveys and is proud to help make this research more accessible to library leaders.
October 2023 - Survey and Report
October 2023 Survey Findings: https://www.slideshare.net/EveryLibrary/freckle-sept-2023-survey-results-visualizationpdf
October 2023 Freckle Report - Fourth Analysis of Public Library Services and The Top Forty-Five Libraries in America: https://www.slideshare.net/EveryLibrary/freckle-report-for-october-2023-the-top-45-libraries-in-americapdf
April 2023 "Where Did You Get That Book" Survey and Webinar
Webinar: https://vimeo.com/everylibrary/freckleapril2023
April 2023 Survey Findings: https://www.slideshare.net/EveryLibrary/freckle-project-april-2023-survey-results-6th-surveypdf
Link on EveryLibrary Institute: https://www.everylibraryinstitute.org/freckle_project_april_2023
September 2022 "Where Did You Get That Book" Webinar recorded for EveryLibary's LAFCON 2022
Webinar: https://vimeo.com/everylibrary/freckleaugust2022
April 2022 "Where Did You Get That Book" Survey Webinar
Webinar: https://vimeo.com/everylibrary/freckleapril2022
April 2022 Survey Findings: https://www.slideshare.net/EveryLibrary/freckle-survey-april-2022-slides
May 2022 Freckle Report "Third Analysis": https://www.slideshare.net/EveryLibrary/freckle-report-for-may-2022-from-the-freckle-project
Link on EveryLibrary Institute: https://www.everylibraryinstitute.org/freckle_april_2022
November 2021 "Freckle Update" Survey and Webinar
Webinar: https://vimeo.com/everylibrary/frecklenovember2021
Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/EveryLibrary/freckle-project-november-2021-update-slidespdf
Link on EveryLibrary Institute: https://www.everylibraryinstitute.org/freckle21_novupdate
April 2021 "Reading During the Pandemic" Survey and Report
Webinar: https://vimeo.com/everylibrary/freckleapril2021
April 2021 Survey Findings: https://www.slideshare.net/EveryLibrary/webinar-slides-reading-during-the-pandemic-freckle-project-2021
May 2021 Freckle Report "Second Analysis": https://www.slideshare.net/EveryLibrary/freckle-report-for-may-2021-from-the-freckle-project
News Release on EveryLibrary Institute: https://www.everylibraryinstitute.org/freckle2021
April 2019 "First Analysis" Webinar and Report
"Where Did You Get That Book" webinar: https://vimeo.com/everylibrary/freckle2019
2020 Freckle Report (from 2019 data): https://www.slideshare.net/EveryLibrary/freckle-report-for-2020-from-2019-survey
Please contact project lead Tim Coates at [email protected] with questions or comments.