FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 21, 2013
what types of services Americans value in their libraries and what additional services they would like their libraries to offer.
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what types of services Americans value in their libraries and what additional services they would like their libraries to offer.
Lee Rainie described the findings from the nationally representative survey that asked Americans what types of services they value in their libraries and what additional services they would like their libraries to offer.