This statistic displays the main reasons UK respondents gave for using computers, internet or software at public libraries as of 2012. The most common reasons for using technology at public libraries was for free internet acccess, at 34 percent of respondents who used public access computers in libraries.
What are the main reasons you have chosen to use computers, internet and software at public libraries in the last 12 months?
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Technology & Social Change Group. (March 31, 2013). What are the main reasons you have chosen to use computers, internet and software at public libraries in the last 12 months? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/290865/reasons-for-using-computers-or-technology-in-public-libraries-uk/
Technology & Social Change Group. "What are the main reasons you have chosen to use computers, internet and software at public libraries in the last 12 months?." Chart. March 31, 2013. Statista. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/290865/reasons-for-using-computers-or-technology-in-public-libraries-uk/
Technology & Social Change Group. (2013). What are the main reasons you have chosen to use computers, internet and software at public libraries in the last 12 months?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/290865/reasons-for-using-computers-or-technology-in-public-libraries-uk/
Technology & Social Change Group. "What Are The Main Reasons You Have Chosen to Use Computers, Internet and Software at Public Libraries in The Last 12 Months?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/290865/reasons-for-using-computers-or-technology-in-public-libraries-uk/
Technology & Social Change Group, What are the main reasons you have chosen to use computers, internet and software at public libraries in the last 12 months? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/290865/reasons-for-using-computers-or-technology-in-public-libraries-uk/ (last visited April 24, 2024)
What are the main reasons you have chosen to use computers, internet and software at public libraries in the last 12 months? [Graph], Technology & Social Change Group, March 31, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/290865/reasons-for-using-computers-or-technology-in-public-libraries-uk/