The NYTimes City Room blog reports: The Queens (NY) Library issued a news release on Friday morning boasting that, yet again, it had the highest circulation last year of any public library system in the United States [there are skeptics however; see Comment #1]. Multnomah County (OR) was second.
This passage in the Queens Library’s news release was eye-catching:
Public library usage is expected to rise dramatically in the coming months. Traditionally, people turn to public libraries during hard economic times for free entertainment, free after-school child care, to help with employment, for free access to the public use computers and to help them save money by doing things themselves, such as home and auto repairs. Queens Library saw a 16 percent jump in circulation and attendance immediately following Sept. 11, for instance.
Has your attendance/circulation been affected by tough economic times?
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