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<font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> Don Wood [dwood@ala.org]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 11, 2011 9:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> alacro-l@ala.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [alacro-l] 2011 State of America's Libraries Report<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/mediapresscenter/americaslibraries2011/index.cfm" target="_blank">2011 State of America's Libraries Report</a>
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<p>“Library trends of the past year are detailed in the State of America’s Libraries, 2011, released during National Library Week, April 10-16, 2011, by the American Library Association.</p>
<p>Even as budget-cutters take aim at libraries and their services, more than two-thirds of the 1,000-plus adults contacted in a survey in January said that the library’s assistance in starting a business or finding a job was important to them<strong>,
</strong>according to the poll, conducted for the American Library Association (<span class="caps">ALA</span>) by Harris Interactive.</p>
<p>Sixty-five percent of those polled said they had visited the library in the past year; women are significantly more likely than men (72 percent vs. 58 percent) to fall into this category, especially working women, working mothers and women aged 18-54. Overall,
58 percent of those surveyed said they had a library card, and the largest group was, again, women, especially working women and working mothers. College graduates and those with a household income of more than $100,000 were also well represented among card
holders, according to the survey.”</p>
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