Studies & Reports
Economic Impact of Libraries
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Use & Funding of Libraries
- Libraries Connect Communities: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study, 2009-2010, ALA
- Our Public Library Lifeline is Fraying. We'll Be Sorry When it Snaps. April 11, 2010, Huffington Post
- Broadband Adoption in Low-Income Communities. March 2010. Social Science Research Council report. **see especially pp 38-52

- Opportunity for All: How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries. iSchool, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, IMLS
- Public Library Use in Washington State, 2008, Washington State Library

- A Perfect Storm Brewing: Budget cuts threaten public library services at time of increased demand, ALA, 2009

- Libraries Connect Communities 3, ALA

- The Condition of U.S. Libraries: Trends, 1999-2009, ALA

- From Awareness to Funding: A study of library support in America, OCLC

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Perceptions of Libraries
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Demonstrating the Value of Libraries
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