[OPLINLIST] FW: [alacro-l] Be Counted! Participate in the 2009-2010 public library technology survey

[Hickson-Stevenson, Pamela]

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From: Don Wood [mailto:dwood at ala.org] 
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 4:38 PM
To: alacro-l at ala.org
Subject: [alacro-l] Be Counted! Participate in the 2009-2010 public
library technology survey

 

Be Counted! Participate in the 2009-2010 public library technology
survey

The 2009-2010 Public Library Funding & Technology Access survey
(www.ala.org/plinternetfunding <http://www.ala.org/plinternetfunding> )
conducted by the American Library Association (ALA) and the Center for
Library & Information Innovation at the University of Maryland
(www.liicenter.org <http://www.liicenter.org/> ) is now available for
completion at www.plinternetsurvey.org
<http://www.plinternetsurvey.org/> .  

 

Funded by the American Library Association and the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, the survey provides important data regarding public library
Internet connectivity, use, funding, and services.  Since 1994, these
surveys have been used by the American Library Association and others to
inform and educate stakeholders - policymakers, funders, elected
officials, supporters, and the media - at the local, state and national
levels about the issues and needs your library faces in providing public
computer and Internet access services and resources; how library staff
and technology resources support community employment, e-government, and
education services; the challenges libraries face in funding their
services and resources; and the need for libraries, as community anchor
institutions, to have access to robust high speed Internet connectivity
as part of the recent broadband stimulus component of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), also known as the Stimulus Bill. 

 

Your participation in the survey is extremely important, and directly
impacts the ability of ALA and others to advocate on behalf of public
libraries and the tremendous contribution public libraries make to their
communities through their public access Internet services and resources.
Data from the study appeared most recently in USA Today
(http://www.usatoday.com/tech/2009-09-01-library-computers-internet_N.ht
m) in a discussion of how public libraries help job seekers.

 

The survey is open through November 6, 2009.  To participate, go to
http://www.plinternetsurvey.org <http://www.plinternetsurvey.org/> .
You will need an ID number, which you may look up on the website.  Thank
you for your time and willingness to participate.  Questions regarding
the survey should be directed to support at plinternetsurvey.org
<mailto:support at plinternetsurvey.org>  or 301.405.9445.

 

Thank you for your willingness to participate!  Additional information
regarding the survey and previous survey results is available at
http://www.liicenter.org/plinternet
<http://www.liicenter.org/plinternet> . The full Public Library Funding
& Technology Access Study can be found online at
www.ala.org/plinternetfunding <http://www.ala.org/plinternetfunding> . 

 

 

Larra Clark

Project Manager

ALA Office for Research & Statistics

50 E. Huron

Chicago, IL 60611

800-545-2433 x2129

www.ala.org/plinternetfunding 

 

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