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With over 17,000 libraries and 2.5 billion materials circulated annually in the United States alone, libraries are a ubiquitous part of the American landscape.[1] However, as libraries modernize, they face an increasingly harsh budget environment, as well as technological disruption in media, scholarship, and education.[2] The political, social, and technological environment is one of transformation and uncertainty.[3]
As of 2004, U.S. library usage was experiencing growth in spite of predictions to the contrary at that time.[4] Instead, the impact of technology on libraries has been mixed. While usage of some library services, such as reference assistance, has declined, there has been a well-documented increase in the usage of public libraries in the U.S. and Canada over the last decade.[5] Most libraries have added services such as public computers, free Wi-Fi, and digital materials such as web sites and e-books, leading to higher overall usage of the library. Counties and cities also continue to invest in library infrastructure. As of 2012[update], library construction and renovation has remained steady.[6] According to a 2013 survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 54 percent of Americans ages 16 and older have used a public library in some way in the past 12 months.[7] A similar poll of Britons, conducted in 2010, stated that 67 percent had visited a library within the last year.[8] Public libraries remain very popular among all users, and as of 2014[update], younger patrons read and use the library at the same rate as older ones.[9][10] Over 94 percent of Americans say that "having a public library improves the quality of life in a community."[11]
At the same time, public funding of libraries has declined.[12] While libraries have a positive reputation, it is clear that citizens value other government services over libraries when budgets must be cut. School and academic libraries have also faced both severe budget troubles and declining usage of traditional library services like reference and interlibrary loan.[13] Budget cuts and closures of publicly funded libraries in the Canada and UK have begun to affect the availability of library services in those countries.[14][15] A study conducted in 2014 revealed that number of visits to public libraries had dropped by approximately 12% since 2009, demonstrating the effects of this decline.[16] Library functions, services, and usage are changing so rapidly that it is difficult to establish standards or measures of value. As these trends continue or accelerate, the status of libraries is likely to remain dynamic and unclear.[17] Most libraries are moving existing staff into information positions instead of employing new information custodians, making a developing interest for expert improvement opportunities. The scope of expert advancement open doors for bookkeepers to teach themselves in great information rehearses expanded all through 2015 and will keep on developing in 2016, essentially because of two activities.[18] The library has for quite some time been in charge of social affair, arranging, and shielding significant data. Present day research and information accumulation has made some amazing progress from the days libraries were overseeing and getting to probably the most punctual dial-up online databases.[19] Today, advanced information is gathered in such overpowering sums that one of the greatest difficulties lies essentially in investigating the data to discover significant ends in the excess of information.[20] Building up, keeping up, and growing an internet based life nearness is vital for libraries. Gregg Dodd, Director of Marketing at Columbus Metropolitan Library, clarifies the estimation of a computerized procedure obviously, saying, "Our clients live in an advanced world, so this is an imperative space to interface with them."[21]
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- ^ Price, Gary. "New Statistics Available: IMLS Releases New 'Public Library Report' (FY 2010)". Library Journal. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
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- ^ Zickuhr, Kathryn; Lee Rainie; Kristen Purcell; Maeve Duggan (December 2013). "How Americans Value Public Libraries in Their Communities". Pew Research Center. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Attitudes to public libraries in England" (PDF). Ipsos MORI. 15 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ "Millennials read and use libraries as much as their parents, study finds". Digital Book World. Archived from the original on 2014-09-16. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ^ Zickhur, Kathryn; Rainie, Lee; Purcell, Kristen (25 June 2013). "Younger Americans' Library Habits and Expectations". Pew Research Center.
- ^ Zickuhr, Kathryn; Lee Rainie; Kristen Purcell; Maeve Duggan (December 2013). "Section 3: Perceptions of Public Libraries". Pew Research Center. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "State funding for many public libraries on decline". American Library Association. 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
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- ^ "Public libraries: checked out". The Economist. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ Flood, Alison (10 December 2012). "UK lost more than 200 libraries in 2012". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
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