New study: 1/3 of Americans rely on libraries for internet access (libraries are important, kids!) via @nypl

One-Third Of Americans Caught In The Library 'Web'

About 77 million Americans use the free computers and internet offered at public libraries for everything from job hunts to small business services to homework help, according to a new study released on March 25.

The survey emphasizes the importance of free tech services at systems like the New York Public Library, which currently offers internet on over 3,600 machines at its locations across Manhattan, The Bronx and Staten Island.

via nypl.org

It sounds like libraries aren't the dusty, quiet, lonely places we assume they are. Hit up that NYPL link for more pro-library propaganda from the New York Public Library (dirty commie/socialist bastards!).

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