Sentences with phrase «visits to libraries increased»

Visits to libraries increased

Visits to libraries increased 61 % during that time, to more than 1.2 billion by 2004.

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Maintaining access to public libraries is particularly needed by residents facing the challenges of coping with a struggling local and national economy who have increasingly turned to their public libraries for assistance, resulting in large increases in projected 2010 library use: visits rising 12 %, circulation rising 12 %, and public access computer use rising 92 % across the System vs. 2007 pre-recessionary levels.

This data, compiled in part from its 6,500 public school library partners, shows that more students than ever before are using smartphones, tablets, and ereaders in the academic environment, with a 252 % increase in October in school library visits to the lending website from the same time a year ago.

Overall, the percentage of all Americans who visited a library in person in the previous year fell from our 2012 to 2013 surveys, but the percentage who used a library website increased; the same is true for younger Americans.

However, the survey found that, while the number of people visiting a physical library location may have dropped by a few percentage point, library website use is up, possibly due to increased access to ebook lending to personal devices and library subscriptions to streaming videos, music, and research tools.

The primary impacts of the program included an almost threefold increase in library visits, from 10,442 to 29,023 patrons per month, 254 library - initiated community events, and over 20,000 patrons trained on e-reader usage.

Meanwhile, Amazon has formed a partnership with the country's top library e-book supplier, OverDrive Inc., that vastly increases the Kindle's presence in libraries and encourages patrons to visit Amazon's website and buy books.

So although the new service may help increase the number of library visits, they are likely to be of the virtual kind.

Therapy dogs also visit schools and libraries where they serve as «reader dogs» to increase children's self - confidence while they read to their canine listeners.