Figure 38. Internet Cost Data by Category as a Percentage of Overall IT Expenditures by Population of Legal Service Area and Urban/Rural Status.
|
Population of Legal Service Area | ||||||||||
| System/
Server Hardware |
Software Costs | Communi-cations Hardware | Telecommu-nications Fees | Facilities Upgrade Costs | Training and Education Costs | Content/
Resource Development Costs |
Program
Planning/
Management |
Staffing Costs | Maintenance | |
| Million + | 27.6% | 6.7% | 12.3% | 8.6% | 10.0% | 2.7% | 2.0% | 6.0% | 13.5% | 13.2% |
| 500,000-999,999 | 14.7% | 9.8% | 7.4% | 7.7% | 2.8% | 4.9% | 4.0% | 2.6% | 12.9% | 6.4% |
| 100,000-499,999 | 18.4% | 8.4% | 9.7% | 9.7% | 7.0% | 6.2% | 6.3% | 6.3% | 16.7% | 9.6% |
| 25,000-99,999 | 26.6% | 11.5% | 9.4% | 13.7% | 9.8% | 7.3% | 8.8% | 6.3% | 16.0% | 8.7% |
| 5,000-24,999 | 31.4% | 11.7% | 11.7% | 17.0% | 7.8% | 5.7% | 5.4% | 2.9% | 12.3% | 10.2% |
| LT 5,000 | 14.7% | 8.6% | 8.6% | 24.6% | 14.5% | 14.9% | 3.8% | 5.3% | 21.5% | 12.7% |
| Overall | 24.7% | 10.6% | 11.1% | 17.8% | 10.1% | 8.8% | 6.0% | 4.7% | 15.9% | 10.3% |
|
Urban/Rural Status | ||||||||||
| System/
Server Hardware |
Software Costs | Communi-cations Hardware | Telecommu-nications Fees | Facilities Upgrade Costs | Training and Education Costs | Content/
Resource Development Costs |
Program
Planning/
Management |
Staffing Costs | Maintenance | |
| CC | 23.4% | 8.9% | 10.1% | 10.7% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 6.2% | 5.6% | 15.5% | 8.4% |
| NC | 30.5% | 12.1% | 14.1% | 14.3% | 9.2% | 10.2% | 5.4% | 4.2% | 17.3% | 12.9% |
| NO | 37.4% | 10.0% | 9.4% | 20.7% | 11.4% | 8.4% | 6.3% | 4.9% | 15.2% | 8.9% |
| Overall | 24.7% | 10.6% | 11.1% | 17.8% | 10.1% | 8.8% | 6.0% | 4.7% | 15.9% | 10.3% |
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.