St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
St. Louis' library ranked No. 1
December 18, 2005 Sunday
FOURTH EDITION
 

The city of St. Louis now ranks No. 1 in the country for library services, according to a study that ranks America's Most Literate Cities.

The St. Louis Public Library was best among libraries in 69 cities, according to a study by the Center for Public Policy and Social Research at Central Connecticut State University. The study measured five variables, including number of branch libraries, volumes of books and circulation per capita of library service population.

The study ranked St. Louis the 15th most literate city (it studied cities with populations over 250,000). The categories measured to rank cities were library resources, newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment and Internet resources. St. Louis was in the top 10 cities for the first four categories.

The original study, published in 2003, ranked St. Louis 17th overall. (JH)

 

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