[Publib] Posting about Internet survey

[K.G. Schneider]

A national survey of public library computer and Internet access was mailed
to public libraries last week. The study is funded by the American Library
Association and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and conducted by
researchers from Florida State University's Information Use Management and
Policy Institute, and builds on research conducted since 1994.  More
information on this and previous studies is available at
http://www.ii.fsu.edu/plinternet/.
The survey is web-based and has a total of 21 questions that will take you
about 25 minutes to complete.  PLEASE COMPLETE THE SURVEY BY FEBRUARY 1,
2007.  You can access the survey at http://www.plinternetsurvey.org/. You
will need your state assigned Library ID code included in the survey
announcement letter you received to initiate the survey.  If you do not know
that ID number, you can look it up when you go to the "complete the survey"
page.  If you have any questions, or need further assistance, please e-mail
PL2006 at ci.fsu.edu.

The answers you provide will provide public libraries, state library
agencies, the American Library Association, policymakers, and others with
extremely important data regarding public library computer and Internet
access issues, what it takes to sustain public access computer and Internet
services in your library, and the impacts of such public access services on
the communities that your library serves.  

Thank you for your help! 

 
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