public libraries

The grant will be used to expand services and resources across each of New York City's three library systems and to strengthen the long-standing partnership between the region's public libraries and public schools....

Through a series of national surveys, focus groups in a diverse mix of communities, and special surveys of library patrons, the center will work to identify trends in the habits and tastes of library users across the country....

The final round of Opportunity Online hardware grants will be used to help public libraries in eleven states maintain and increase free public access to computers for their patrons....

Out-of-work professionals are crowding the computers at New York’s public libraries, and books on résumé writing are hard to keep on the shelves.