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Mini Poll: Library Fine? |
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Do you live in the City, in St. Louis county, or somewhere else? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
City:
63%
County:
28%
Somewhere else:
8%
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How many times during the past year have you visited a public library? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
None:
18%
1-5 times:
21%
6-10 times:
13%
11-25 times:
14%
More than 25 times:
34%
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Lives in the City:None: 20%
1-5 times:
21%
6-10 times:
14%
11-25 times:
14%
More than 25 times:
31%
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Does Not Live In City:None: 16%
1-5 times:
20%
6-10 times:
10%
11-25 times:
16%
More than 25 times:
38%
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Do you have a current borrowing card for your local library? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yes:
77%
No:
23%
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Lives in the City:Yes: 76%
No:
24%
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Does Not Live In City:Yes: 78%
No:
22%
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Do you currently owe a fine to your local library? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yes:
21%
No:
79%
Do you think there are too many, too few, or just the right number of libraries in your neighborhood?
Too many:
8%
Too few:
17%
Just the right number:
75%
Lives in the City:Too many: 9%
Too few:
16%
Just the right number:
75%
Does Not Live In City:Too many: 3%
Too few:
18%
Just the right number:
78%
With the prevalence of Internet access, online booksellers, and large chain bookstores, do you think libraries still have the same importance to their communities?
Greater importance:
48%
Less importance:
21%
About the same:
31%
Have you used a library for Internet access?
Yes:
46%
No:
54%
Lives in the City:Yes: 42%
No:
58%
Does Not Live In City:Yes: 52%
No:
48%
Which of the following strategies would be most effective in getting (more) people to the library (more) often?
An advertising campaign about library services:
15%
Working with schools to bring kids to the library:
29%
Adding amenities like cafes and gift shops:
18%
Lending more recent DVDs, computer games, and music:
13%
Making libraries portals to access community and government services:
16%
Increasing the visibility of security in and around the library:
9%
Do you think enough money is being spent to assist public libraries in your community?
Too much money is being spent:
9%
The right amount of money is being spent:
42%
Not enough money is being spent:
50%
Lives in the City:Too much money is being spent: 10%
The right amount of money is being spent:
40%
Not enough money is being spent:
50%
Does Not Live In City:Too much money is being spent: 5%
The right amount of money is being spent:
43%
Not enough money is being spent:
52%
Do you favor or oppose a greater national security effort to keep track of which library patrons are reading certain books or monitoring certain Internet sites?
Favor:
10%
Oppose:
88%
I think Homeland Security should station agents in public libraries:
2%
Now, considering the region's best known and largest public library system. Please give the St. Louis Public Library system a letter grade for each of the following characteristics:Having enough computers and on-line services:
A:
17%
B:
26%
C:
17%
D:
4%
F:
1%
Don't Know:
36%
Having enough programs to serve immigrants and other new Americans:
A:
11%
B:
19%
C:
9%
D:
3%
F:
1%
Don't Know:
57%
Having enough knowledgeable librarians:
A:
41%
B:
25%
C:
11%
D:
2%
F:
1%
Don't Know:
21%
Providing enough meeting rooms for the use of community groups:
A:
34%
B:
20%
C:
8%
D:
3%
F:
1%
Don't Know:
34%
Keeping library buildings clean and well maintained:
A:
51%
B:
21%
C:
4%
D:
7%
F:
1%
Don't Know:
16%
Having the right selection of books and other materials:
A:
34%
B:
31%
C:
7%
D:
2%
F:
7%
Don't Know:
18%
In which fictional library would you most want to work?
Hogwarts Library (In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling):
36%
Library of Babel (In The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges):
7%
Metropolitan Public Library (In The Librarian, made for TV movie):
26%
Sunnydale High School Library (In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, movie and TV series):
8%
Egyptian Museum of Antiquities (In The Mummy, movie):
24%
BONUS QUESTION: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Do nothing and wait for the price of computers and Internet access to fall enough so lower-income people can afford to get on the Internet:
17%
Support greater wiring of libraries and schools so lower-income people can get on the Internet:
74%
Subsidize the purchase of computers and Internet access for lower-income people:
8%
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Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.
