TECHNOLOGY
Increasingly, libraries are introducing new technologies to ensure the public have access to information. In 2003-04, local libraries had 4,638 Internet workstations, a 64% increase since 1999-2000. National and state libraries had increased their number of Internet workstations from 173 (or 7 workstations per location) in 1999-2000 to 426 (or 25 workstations per location) in 2003-04.
10.7 INTERNET FACILITIES IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES - 1999-2000 and 2003-04 |
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| 1999-2000 | 2003-04 | |
| Local libraries | National and State libraries | Local libraries | National and state libraries | |
| no. | no. | no. | no. | |
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| Internet workstations | 2 832 | 173 | 4 638 | 426 | |
| Internet workstations per location(a) | 2 | 7 | 3 | 25 | |
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| (a) Excludes deposit stations as they do not have Internet facilities. |
| Source: ABS, Public Libraries, Australia, 2003-04 (cat. no. 8561.0). |
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