Majority of Libraries Have Programs To Help Residents With Technology, ALA Survey Finds
About 98 percent of the roughly 17,000 U.S. public libraries have free public Wi-Fi access, a survey from the American Library Association found. ALA said that a large portion of those libraries also offer programs to help people find training…
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to understand technology better. Seventy-seven percent of libraries offer online health resources. About 90 percent of libraries also have basic digital literacy training, 62 percent support new technology training, 57 percent have information about safe online practices and 56 percent have training on social media use, the survey found. It was funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and managed by the ALA Office for Research & Statistics and the Information Policy and Access Center at the University of Maryland. The study provides national and state-level data. The survey used the FY 2012 Public Library Survey file released in June 2014 by the Institute of Museum and Library Services as its sample frame. The study included 5,195 libraries in its sample and received 2,304 responses, for a 44 percent response rate. Weighted analysis was used to present national estimates.