Berkeley Public Library Public Access Report

[Carole Leita]

(Cross-posted to bpl-internet, CALIX, publib, web4lib)

The Berkeley Public Library has completed a report on its first year of 
offering public access to the Internet, as a part of the California State 
Library Information to the People Project (InFoPeople.) To see it, check: 
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/bpl/stats/

Some highlights:

   * More than 1,000 users registered
   * More than 7,000 hours in use
   * Over 600 people attended the library's intro classes
   * Volunteer tutors trained more than 180 users
   * Detailed report from 150 responses to our new feedback form
   * Use of web site increased from 60 million bytes transferred
     to 295 million bytes.

Carole
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Carole Leita, leita at netcom.com
Internet/Reference Librarian, 510-644-6100 ext.313
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St., Berkeley CA 94703
URL: http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/bpl/
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