Figure 26. Public Libraries Providing Public Access Text-based World-Wide Web Internet Services by Population of Legal Service Area and Urban/Rural Status.
|
Population of Legal Service Area | ||||||||
| None | At Main/
Central Library Only |
At Main/Central Library and All Branches | At Main/Central Library and Some Branches | |||||
| Of Connected Libraries | Of All Libraries | Of Connected Libraries | Of All Libraries | Of Connected Libraries | Of All Libraries | Of Connected Libraries | Of All Libraries | |
| Million + | 53.1% | 38.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 36.5% | 26.4% | 10.4% | 7.5% |
| 500,000-999,999 | 38.9% | 28.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 54.4% | 39.3% | 6.7% | 4.8% |
| 100,000-499,999 | 55.7% | 40.3% | 6.5% | 4.7% | 30.2% | 21.8% | 7.7% | 5.6% |
| 25,000-99,999 | 61.6% | 44.5% | 22.5% | 16.3% | 12.6% | 9.1% | 3.3% | 2.4% |
| 5,000-24,999 | 48.8% | 35.3% | 38.8% | 28.0% | 9.9% | 7.2% | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| LT 5,000 | 71.2% | 51.5% | 25.4% | 18.4% | 2.2% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 0.9% |
| Overall | 59.2% | 42.8% | 28.7% | 20.8% | 9.5% | 6.9% | 2.6% | 1.9% |
|
Urban/Rural Status | ||||||||
| None | At Main/
Central Library Only |
At Main/Central Library and All Branches | At Main/Central Library and Some Branches | |||||
| Of Connected Libraries | Of All Libraries | Of Connected Libraries | Of All Libraries | Of Connected Libraries | Of All Libraries | Of Connected Libraries | Of All Libraries | |
| CC | 49.6% | 35.9% | 21.1% | 15.3% | 25.1% | 18.1% | 4.2% | 3.0% |
| NC | 54.4% | 39.3% | 26.7% | 19.3% | 14.4% | 10.4% | 14.4% | 10.4% |
| NO | 63.1% | 45.6% | 30.8% | 22.3% | 4.8% | 3.5% | 1.3% | 0.9% |
| Overall | 59.2% | 42.8% | 28.7% | 20.8% | 9.5% | 6.9% | 2.6% | 1.9% |
From:
Bertot, J. C., McClure, C. R., and Fletcher, P.D. (1997). The 1997 National Survey of U.S. Public Libraries and the Internet: Final Report Washington, D.C.: American Library Association, Office for Information Technology Policy.