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Rural Information Needs and the Role of the Public Library

The purpose of this article is to highlight some of the conditions affecting rural and small libraries in the United States and to describe their roles in providing information services. For many Americans, the community library continues to be viewed as a place for books and used primarily by women. This article also reviews the major findings of two research investigations conducted by the author under the sponsorship of the U. S. Department of Education.