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The State of America's Libraries
     
 
Macey Morales
Manager, ALA Media Relations
312-280-4393
mmorales@ala.org
 
     
     
 
 
     
     
   
     
     
 


Table of Contents

Full Report (PDF)

Press Release

Executive Summary

Library use grows among adults, children and students

Reasons for using the library vary by age, race

Public libraries provide vital Internet access

Public libraries are a good investment

Libraries boost economic development

Librarians win praise for hurricane relief efforts

Funding problems persist for school library media centers

Federal support for libraries: good news, bad news

Public and academic librarian salaries rise

ALA news: articulating librarians' needs

Scholarships awarded to 69 prospective minority librarians

New public libraries are still in demand

Internet notes: Social networks meet DOPA

Making better use of E-rate discounts

A two-tiered Internet?

Google marches on

Concessions won on PATRIOT Act renewal

Challenges now arrive by the bushel

Feedback and contact information


 

 
     
     
 
 
 
     
     
   
     
     
   
     
     
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
     
2007, state, america's, libraries, library statistics
2007 online State of America's Libraries Report