m.ogle » duh http://micheleogle.net So many books, so little time... Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:18:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Almost half of poor Americans go to the library for Internet http://micheleogle.net/2010/03/almost-half-of-poor-americans-go-to-the-library-for-internet/ http://micheleogle.net/2010/03/almost-half-of-poor-americans-go-to-the-library-for-internet/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:16:52 +0000 Michele http://micheleogle.net/?p=169

There’s more data coming in on the extent to which low income Americans depend on public institutions for broadband. A new report released by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says that 44 percent of those living below the poverty level access e-mail and the Web via their local public library. And nearly a third of Americans over 14 used library Internet services in 2009. That’s about 77 million people.

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