On March 25, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, released a new report on Internet use in public libraries.
The report, Opportunity for All: How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Public Libraries, looked at who is using public computers and how they are using them in public libraries. The study found that some 77 million or about 1/3 of all Americans use the public library to access the Internet.
This mirrors our experience here at the Huntington Beach Public Library - the demand for our public computers continues to grow and is only limited by the number of computers that we have available. At peak times, all of our public computers along with 65 - 85 WiFi connections will be in use at the Library.
As society becomes more and more reliant on electronic information, services and resources, the Library is more and more essential. Your library is an anchor institution in the community, connecting people to information, services and resources that they need in their daily lives.
We will continue to work hard to maintain these essential services.
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