2009
USA Today: "Internet Attracts Job Seekers to the Library"
All Tech Considered, NPR blog: "Public Library Survey Reveals Bandwidth Issues, Job-Search Importance"
Future Tense, American Public Media: "Libraries and the Unemployed"
Library Journal: "As libraries face fiscal squeeze and delay computer improvements, online access to job search, e-government needed more"
Reuters: Libraries on Frontline of Connecting Americans With Online Government, Job Resources"
American Society for Public Administration's PA Times www.aspanet.org: In Down Economy, Libraries Connect Americans with Online Government, Job Resources ( p.1, lower half of page; PDF)
Public Library Association blog: "In down economy, libraries are on frontline of connecting Americans with online government, job resources"
Dallas Morning News: "Many job seekers in Dallas County head to the library first"
KLTV: "East Texans turn to library for job search help"
Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel: "Checking out what's next: Role of libraries changes as economy sputters"
Governing: "Online at the Library"
American City & County: "Public Libraries are Internet Hotspots, According to study"
@yourlibrary.org: "ALA Study Finds Public Libraries Often the Primary, Perhaps Only Source of Free Internet Access for Communities"
DaniWeb Community: "Libraries Often Only Source of Free Internet"
School Library Journal: "Digital Resources for Kids Suffer in Tough Times"
International City/County Management Association: "Study Finds Increased Job-seeking, E-government Use in Libraries"
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