During the dawn of the Internet age...

During the dawn of the Internet age in 1990 a widespread assumption was that the "information highway would decrease the demand for public and academic library space. unless a rise in library construction spending and higher visitation evens indicate that the opposite may be genuine

According to statistics compiled by the agency of Library Journal, a property of Re Business Information (RBI), which also holds Building Design & Construction, more than $686 million was exhausted on library construction between July 1 2000 and June 30 2001--the in the greatest degree since the same period in 1995-1996