Moving Toward More Effective Internet Access: The 1998 Survey of Public Library Outlet Internet Connectivity

摘要

The 1998 survey is based on a sample of 2,500 of the nation's 15,718 public eibrary outlets. For purposes of this survey an outlet is a main or branch library (bookmobiles are excluded). The survey found that 73.3% of public library outlets now offer public access to the Internet. However, only 68.6% offer graphical public Internet access to the World Wide Web and only 45.3% offer graphical public access to the Web at speeds of 56 kbps or greater.