Figure 35. Percentage of Libraries that have Web Pages by Population of Legal Service Area and Urban/Rural Status.





Population of Legal Service Area

1997 1996
Percentage of Libraries Connected to the Internet with Web Servers Percentage of All Public Libraries with Web Servers Percentage of Libraries Connected to the Internet with Web Servers Percentage of All Public Libraries with Web Servers
Million + 63.5% 63.5% 13.0% 10.7%
500,000-999,999 67.9% 66.4% 10.2% 9.5%
100,000-499,999 44.3% 41.5% 8.8% 8.2%
25,000-99,999 23.8% 22.1% 5.0% 3.7%
5,000-24,999 10.5% 8.3% 1.6% 0.7%
LT 5,000 6.5% 3.6% 0.0% 0.0%
Overall 14.4% 10.4% 2.8% 1.2%
Since the Population of Legal Service Area strata in 1996 study were different, some strata have been combined and averaged.







Urban/Rural Status

1997
Percentage of Libraries Connected to the Internet with Web servers Percentage of All Public Libraries with Web Servers
CC 39.8% 34.6%
NC 19.0% 15.9%
NO 8.8% 5.8%
Overall 14.4% 10.4%
There is no 1996 Urban/Rural status data.



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.