Most U.S. libraries offer free web access.According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an American Library Association American Library Association, founded 1876, organization whose purpose is to increase the usefulness of books through the improvement and extension of library services. (ALA) study, nearly all U.S. libraries offer free public Internet access See how to access the Internet. , and an increasing number are offering wireless connections. The study, conducted by researchers at Florida State University Florida State University, at Tallahassee; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1857. Present name was adopted in 1947. Special research facilities include those in nuclear science and oceanography. , found that 98.9 percent of libraries offer free public Internet access, up from 21 percent in 1994 and 95 percent in 2002. It also found that 18 percent of libraries have wireless internet access, and 21 percent plan to get it within the next year. Not surprisingly, the study found that rural areas were more likely to have slower connections, fewer workstations, and training opportunities. Arkansas, California, Idaho, New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , Virginia, and West Virginia had the lowest access levels. Urban areas were found to have high levels of connectivity, bandwidth, and wireless access. The study sampled 6,865 public libraries out of the total 16,192 in the country and received responses from 5,023 libraries in 34 states. The study reported that almost 40 percent of libraries filter public Internet access to prevent minors from gaining access to sexually related materials. State library systems in Georgia and West Virginia put filters on all computers in public libraries, the study reported. |
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