So, does this increased use of laptops and mobile devices have affect the use of desktop computers? The 2010 ECAR study reported that desktop ownership (about 50 percent in 2010) had declined by more than 25 percent between 2006 and 2009, a significant period in the lifetime of CSUSM’s new library building. Pew’s Internet & American Life Project Trend Data showed desktop ownership as the only gadget category in which ownership is decreasing, from 68 percent in 2006 to 55 percent at the end of 2011.