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Technology in Public Libraries

To help public libraries use information technology to improve services to their customers; to consider the impacts and opportunities presented by information technology; to collect and disseminate information on advances in electronic media of all kinds that might be applied in public library operations; to provide channels of communication for the sharing, among public librarians and others, of information about technology and of the experience gained in its use, with the aim of developing optimal applications of technology to public library services; to work toward achieving the goals of the Public Library Association as they relate to the use of technology in public library services; and to establish liaisons and work with other groups within and outside of PLA and ALA having similar concerns about the utilization of technology in public libraries.