Public Library Funding and Technology Access Study Webinar

July 27, 2010

Sponsored by American Libraries, yesterday's Office for Research and Statistics webinar offered an hour-long look at the 2009-2010 Public Library Funding and Technology Access Study, published as the Spring 2010 AL digital supplement. Researchers Denise Davis, ORS director, and John Carlo Bertot, professor and director of the Center for Library and Information Innovation at the University of Maryland, presented, with ORS Project Manager Larra Clark moderating. Available free, the archived webinar can help librarians use these statistics to support local funding and advocacy initiatives. Additional information is available in:

 

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