Starting in June, the American Library Association (ALA) will begin sharing results from the 2007 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study...
Among the 2007 findings:
* More than half (54.2 percent) of U.S. public libraries now offer free wireless access
* Library staff in more than half of public libraries provide assistance to patrons applying for or accessing e-government
* Sixty-eight percent of libraries offer online homework resources – serving the educational needs of more than 36 million school-age children
The Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study will assess public access to computers, the Internet and Internet-related services in U.S. public libraries, as well as the impact of library funding changes on connectivity, technology deployment and sustainability in FY2007-2009.
The final 2007 report will be available online and as a print-on-demand book in September 2007.
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