[Publib] Be Counted in 2009-2010 ALA Funding and Technology Survey

[John Bertot]

The 2009-2010 Public Library Funding & Technology Access survey (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 
) is now available for completion at 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.htm 
) 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 
.  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 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 
. The full Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study can be  
found online at www.ala.org/plinternetfunding.

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John Carlo Bertot, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Center for Library & Information Innovation
College of Information Studies
University of Maryland
4105 Hornbake Building, South Wing
College Park, MD 20742
Email: jbertot at umd.edu
Web (Bertot): http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~jbertot/
Web (Center): http://www.liicenter.org/
Phone: 301.405.3267
Fax: 301.314.9145

Editor, Library Quarterly (http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/lq/current 
)
Editor, Government Information Quarterly (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/govinf/ 
)



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