Public libraries in national spotlight.

The New York Times and Good Morning America (ABC) featured stories about the benefits of Internet access in public libraries. Melinda French Gates talked about the foundation's commitment to ensuring everyone has equal access to technology after her tours of public libraries in Sissonville, W.Va., and New York City. The New York Times summarized how libraries have embraced the relatively new technology: “For the library, supplying patrons with access to the Internet and the Web has become central to its mission, an updating of its long tradition of providing information free to the public.”