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July 14, 2026 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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Another Perspective on the Decline in Reading
Staff writer Rose Horowitch shares the following in “The End of Reading Is Here” for The Atlantic:Americans, once members of a proudly literate society, read much less than they used to. According to the National Endowment for the Arts[,] … fewer than half of all adults reported having read a book of any kind in 2022. … A study analyzing 236,000 responses to the American Time Use Survey found that the proportion of Americans who read for pleasure on any given day fell from 28 percent in 2004 to 16 percent in 2023. … This shift is often referred to as a literacy crisis. And it’s true that Americans’ basic reading skills are declining. For more information, read the article.
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