Long overdue
Subtitle: a fresh look at public attitudes about libraries in the 21st century
By: prepared by Public Agenda ; with support from Americans for Libraries Council and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Contributors: Americans for Libraries Council.; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Publisher: Public Agenda
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 81
Subjects: Libraries -- Public opinion.; Libraries -- User satisfaction -- Statistics.; Libraries and community -- United States.; Libraries -- United States -- Evaluation.
Other titles: Fresh look at public attitudes about libraries in the 21st century; Fresh look at public attitudes about libraries in the twenty-first century
Description: Americans prize public library service and see libraries as potential solutions to many communities' most pressing problems, from universal access to computers to the need for better options for keeping teens safe and productive. But few Americans are aware of the increasingly tenuous financial picture faced by many libraries.  Public Agenda examines attitudes about libraries in our latest study, "Long Overdue," prepared with support from the Americans for Libraries Council and funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The report  includes the results of a national survey of the general public as well as interviews with national and local civic leaders.
Notes: Also available via the Internet.
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