Figure 35. Percentage of Libraries that have Web Pages by Population of Legal Service Area and Urban/Rural Status.
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Population of Legal Service Area | ||||
| 1997 | 1996 | |||
| Percentage of Libraries Connected to the Internet with Web Servers | Percentage of All Public Libraries with Web Servers | Percentage of Libraries Connected to the Internet with Web Servers | Percentage of All Public Libraries with Web Servers | |
| Million + | 63.5% | 63.5% | 13.0% | 10.7% |
| 500,000-999,999 | 67.9% | 66.4% | 10.2% | 9.5% |
| 100,000-499,999 | 44.3% | 41.5% | 8.8% | 8.2% |
| 25,000-99,999 | 23.8% | 22.1% | 5.0% | 3.7% |
| 5,000-24,999 | 10.5% | 8.3% | 1.6% | 0.7% |
| LT 5,000 | 6.5% | 3.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Overall | 14.4% | 10.4% | 2.8% | 1.2% |
| Since the Population of Legal Service Area strata in 1996 study were different, some strata have been combined and averaged. | ||||
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Urban/Rural Status | ||
| 1997 | ||
| Percentage of Libraries Connected to the Internet with Web servers | Percentage of All Public Libraries with Web Servers | |
| CC | 39.8% | 34.6% |
| NC | 19.0% | 15.9% |
| NO | 8.8% | 5.8% |
| Overall | 14.4% | 10.4% |
| There is no 1996 Urban/Rural status data. | ||
From:
Bertot, J. C., McClure, C. R., and Fletcher, P.D. (1997). The 1997 National Survey of U.S. Public Libraries and the Internet: Final Report Washington, D.C.: American Library Association, Office for Information Technology Policy.