Public Libraries and the Internet

Public Libraries and the Internet. http://www.ii.fsu.edu/Solutions/Public-Libraries-The-Internet/Reports. (accessed March 13, 2011)

This site contains the reports that Bertot, McClure and Jaeger (among others) have used for the massive volume of material that they have written on the subject of public libraries and the Internet.

Since 1994, there have been eight studies conducted that track various issues connected with public libraries and the Internet. The studies have been funded over the years by the American Library Association's Washington Office, the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The scope of the surveys goes far beyond my topic, but as original source data, they are important and need to be included here.

The material that I’ve used from these reports comes from articles written by those writing on specific topics covered in the surveys. For example, Bertot, McClure, and Jaeger have written numerous articles tracking changes between surveys.