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MCI Study Shows 86% Rise
in Public Library Internet Use

The number of people who accessed the Internet from their public library increased 86% since January 1997, according to the second annual MCI LibraryLINK study.

While home, work, and school remain the most common places for people to access the Internet, 16% of the respondents had accessed the Internet through an "alternative" access point, which in nearly half the cases was the public library. The rise in the use of public libraries for Internet access has grown by more than 500% since 1996.

The MCI study was based on a random telephone survey of U.S. and Canadian residents, asking 3,241 Internet users where they log on to the Internet.

Posted April 20, 1998.

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