American Public Library Facts and Figures

Today I learnt that Americans spend more than twice as much on candy as they do on public libraries.

That, and other interesting facts about American public libraries, plus an interview with Molly Raphael, President of the American Library Association, available in this Huffington Post article: How Will We Read: In Public Libraries? by C. M. Rubin:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/c-m-rubin/how-will-we-read-in-publi_b_1103601.html

More comprehensive facts and statistics concerning American libraries can be found on the ALA website:

http://www.ala.org/ala/professionalresources/libfactsheets/index.cfm