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National Library Week - State of America’s Libraries
In honor of National Library Week, here is some of the information from the recently released ALA The State of America’s Libraries.
Some interesting details:
From a 2007 survey:
— 53% - % of Americans who said they had visited a public library in the last year
— 70% - % of those visitors who asked for and received assistance from library staff
— 88% - % of those asking who found all or some of what they were looking for
— 53% - % of those who didn’t ask who found all of some of what they were looking for
(hmm... maybe you should ask us)
Other facts to be gleaned from the report:
— over 2 billion - # of items checked out of public libraries annually
— 7 - # of books/year average user checks out of libraries
— $31 - cost to average taxpayer for public library services each year
That’s just the beginning of course. There’s information on the use of ebooks, gaming in libraries, outreach and diversity efforts, first amendment issues, and funding and salary information. To find out more about any of this you download the complete report: The State of America’s Libraries (pdf). You can also view just the information on academic libraries online.
— michael | April 16, 2008 11:11 AM | I found it online
