"Full-service" libraries

New York Times

From Princeton in New Jersey to West Hartford in Connecticut, libraries are starting to look more like Internet cafes and bookstores and less like quiet rows of book-lined shelves. . . .

While some feared the Internet would keep people glued to their home computers, visits to libraries across the country have increased. Circulation in libraries rose by 28 percent in the last decade, and visits increased 61 percent from 1994 to 2004, according to the American Library Association. . . . more