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    Chapter 9: Where Libraries Stand

    Conclusion A 1996 survey by the Benton Foundation[13.numoffset=”13″ Benton Foundation. Buildings, books, and bytes Libraries and communities in the digital age, 1996. Available at: http://www.benton.org/publibrary/kellogg/buildings.html] found that the youngest adult Americans, those age 18-24 years, were the least supportive of libraries and also saw libraries as becoming less important in future. In a turn around […]

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    U.S. Religious Landscape Survey: Religious Affiliation

    An extensive new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life details the religious affiliation of the American public and explores the shifts taking place in the U.S. religious landscape. Based on interviews with more than 35,000 Americans age 18 and older, the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey finds that religious affiliation in the […]

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    Chapter 5: Public Libraries step up

    Introduction Libraries continue to fulfill their historic role as information centers and sources, even as the internet has made so much data available.  At the same time the role of the library in helping people deal with one of the specific matters in this survey is changing. Use of libraries as a source for dealing […]

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    III. Quality of Life for Latinos

    Latinos are generally upbeat when they evaluate their personal quality of life. They tilt toward the negative when they assess recent changes in the overall situation of Hispanics in the United States, but they are broadly optimistic that Latino children will grow up to have a better standard of living than they themselves have now. […]