TECHNOLOGY
Increasingly, libraries are introducing new technologies to ensure the public have access to information. At the end of June 2000, public libraries operated 14,135 computers - 5,674 available for use by the general public. A number of these workstations had multiple uses. Libraries used 3,296 of these computers to provide an on-line public access catalogue, while 3,005 provided access to the Internet.
10.7 TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES - June 2000 |
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| | Local libraries | National and state libraries | All public libraries | |
NUMBER | |
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Personal computers | | | | |
| For public use | 5 220 | 454 | 5 674 | |
| For staff use only | 6 290 | 2 171 | 8 461 | |
| Total | 11 510 | 2 625 | 14 135 | |
On-line public access catalogue workstations | 2 967 | 329 | 3 296 | |
Internet workstations | 2 832 | 173 | 3 005 | |
CD-Rom workstations | 1 882 | 241 | 2 123 | |
Other personal computer workstations | 1 498 | 32 | 1 530 | |
Photocopiers | 1 338 | 100 | 1 438 | |
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ABS, Public Libraries, Australia, 1999-2000 (cat. no. 8561.0). |