Public Libraries and the Internet 2012: Key Findings, Recent Trends, and Future Challenges
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2012
Keywords
community needs, Internet, literacy, public libraries, technology
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/01616846.2012.732479
Abstract
Since 1994, 14 reliable national studies have provided longitudinal data revealing and analyzing trends in the public access computing, Internet access, and technology assistance and training that public libraries make available to the communities they serve. This article provides an overview of selected data from the 2012 study; examines major issues that have emerged from the data in the most recent studies; identifies key trends and changes in Internet-enabled services and resources provided by public libraries to their communities over the course of the 18 years of conducting the national surveys; and discusses selected future issues and challenges regarding public library Internet-enabled services.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
No
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Public Library Quarterly, v. 31, issue 4, p. 303-325
Scholar Commons Citation
Bertot, John C.; Gorham, Ursula; Jaeger, Paul T.; and Greene Taylor, Natalie, "Public Libraries and the Internet 2012: Key Findings, Recent Trends, and Future Challenges" (2012). School of Information Faculty Publications. 402.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/si_facpub/402
