Studies & Reports

Economic Impact of Libraries

• Summary of Recent Public Library Return on Investment Studies, Library Research Service
• Economic Impact of Public Libraries, Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction
• Libraries: How they stack up, 2010, OCLC
• Florida’s Public Libraries Build Strong Economies, 2005, State Library Agency of Florida 
• Libraries Impact Economic Development in their Communities, State Library of Iowa

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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

• Long Overdue, ALC and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
• Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community, OCLC

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Demonstrating the Value of Libraries

• Public Libraries Daring to Be Different, September 2010, PM Magazine, ICMA
• A Tool Kit to Help Academic Librarians Demonstrate Their Value, September 15, 2010, Chronicle of Higher Education
• Articles and Studies Related to Library Value (Return on Investment), American Library Association

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