Comments on: What’s the use of public access? http://blog.webjunctionworks.org/index.php/2008/09/03/whats-the-use-of-public-access/ WebJunction's niche in the blogosphere Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chrystie http://blog.webjunctionworks.org/index.php/2008/09/03/whats-the-use-of-public-access/comment-page-1/#comment-74462 Chrystie Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:36:59 +0000 http://blog.webjunctionworks.org/?p=754#comment-74462 oh cj, you are my hero. thank you! oh cj, you are my hero. thank you!

]]> By: cj http://blog.webjunctionworks.org/index.php/2008/09/03/whats-the-use-of-public-access/comment-page-1/#comment-74457 cj Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:13:06 +0000 http://blog.webjunctionworks.org/?p=754#comment-74457 Chrystie - IMLS collects statistics every year from every public library in the US. A recently introduced measure is "Users of Public Internet Computers". I am not positive but I believe that the data was collected for the first time in 2005. In looking at the documentation for FY2005, it looks like they impute that stat, so not sure how solid it is. Here is the definition from the IMLS site: Users of Public Internet Computers Definition: The total number of individuals that have used the Internet Computers in the library during the last year. If the computer was used for mulitple purposes (Internet access, word-processing, OPAC, etc.) and the Internet users could not be isolated, then all usage was included. Note: Each user that uses public Internet computers, regardless of the amount of time spent on the computer is counted. A user who uses the library’s public Internet computer three times a year counts as three customers." Chrystie – IMLS collects statistics every year from every public library in the US. A recently introduced measure is “Users of Public Internet Computers”. I am not positive but I believe that the data was collected for the first time in 2005. In looking at the documentation for FY2005, it looks like they impute that stat, so not sure how solid it is.

Here is the definition from the IMLS site:
Users of Public Internet Computers
Definition: The total number of individuals that have used the Internet Computers in the library during the last year. If the computer was used for mulitple purposes (Internet access, word-processing, OPAC, etc.) and the Internet users could not be isolated, then all usage was included.

Note: Each user that uses public Internet computers, regardless of the amount of time spent on the computer is counted. A user who uses the library’s public Internet computer three times a year counts as three customers.”

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