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Library News
Facts About American Libraries
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Category: Library News
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Created: Tuesday, 18 March 2014 22:42
- There are more public libraries than McDonald’s in the U.S.—a total of 16,766 including branches.
- Americans spend nearly three times as much on candy as they do on public libraries.
- Americans go to school, public, and academic libraries more than three times more often than they go to the movies.
- Fifty-eight percent of adults in the U.S. have public library cards.
- Reference librarians in the nation’s public and academic libraries answer nearly 6.6 million questions weekly.
- Americans check out more than eight books a year, on average.
- Almost 89% of public library outlets now offer wireless Internet access.