From Checking out what's next - JSOnline.:
The national library study, funded in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, found local libraries to be important technology centers for people needing computers with Internet access as well as training and job search resources.
According to the study:
- 90% of public libraries provide technology training, such as how to seek jobs online.
- 71% - and 79% of rural libraries - say they're the only place in their communities for free computer and Internet access.
- 66% of libraries rank services for job seekers as a top online feature they offer, up from 44% in 2007.
From a member of the Franklin "community," posting on another blog:
"USE YOUR PC'S AT HOME. If you don't have one, don't expect to leech off of the taxpayers."
Meanwhile, Racine libraries see their hours and budget cut further - even while circulation is up.
Suppose despite the access to the Internet almost in every house,there are some books which are better to be read in a library. Besides, being at home means you're alone and when in a library there are people around you and probably people do not feel alone.
Posted by: job search | October 20, 2009 at 07:55 AM