Americans’ Internet Access: 2000-2015
The share of all U.S. adults who use the internet increased from 52% in 2000 to 84% today.
Our new report takes a close look not only at how Americans are using public libraries, but also what sort of services and programming they think libraries should offer — and what they say they would use in the future. For this last point, we asked about a range of potential offerings. Here are illustrations of some of these more innovative services, to see what they look like on the ground — as well as some “fun and funky” services that we’ve seen pop up at libraries across the county.
Differences in levels of education and English proficiency largely explain lower internet use among Hispanics.
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