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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Kim A. Miller
[mailto:KMiller@IMLS.GOV] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December 22, 2009
11:46 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Kim A. Miller<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> IMLS Announces New
Research Brief: Service Trends in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Public Libraries, 1997-2007 </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=3 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
From: Jeannine Mjoseth<br>
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:14 PM<br>
To: Jeannine Mjoseth<br>
Subject: IMLS Announces New Research Brief: Service Trends in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Public
Libraries, 1997-2007</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>IMLS
Announces New Research Brief: Service Trends in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Public Libraries, 1997-2007 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Washington</span></font></st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:place>—The Institute of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS) announces the release of a new research brief, Service Trends
in U.S. Public Libraries, 1997-2007. The brief identifies important changes
public libraries have made to address patron needs in an increasingly
Internet-centric environment and explores service differences in urban and
rural communities. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A
comparison of more than 11 years of Public Library Survey data suggests that
service changes in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
public libraries are having an impact on visitation and circulation, as record
numbers of people now use public libraries nationwide. Several findings from
the survey include: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>•
The availability of Internet terminals in public libraries rose sharply between
2000 and 2007, increasing by 90 percent on a per capita basis. This dramatic
increase is one example of the way <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> public libraries are expanding
their range of services to meet patron demand. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>•
Between 1997 and 2007, per capita visits to public libraries increased
nationwide by 19 percent. During the same period<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>,</span></font> per capita circulation increased by 12
percent. This growth in demand for library services occurred even as people
increasingly turned to the Internet to meet other information needs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>•
The study identified very different trajectories between urban and rural
communities for select service trends, highlighting the importance of local
context for identifying patron needs and improving services.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To read
the research brief please go to: <a
href="http://www.imls.gov/pdf/Brief2010_01.pdf"><font color="#922122"><span
style='color:#922122'>http://www.imls.gov/pdf/Brief2010_01.pdf</span></font></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Ann Reed, Federal Programs Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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