AV Rising: Demand, Budgets, and Circulation Are All Up.

AUDIOVISUAL materials; LIBRARY fittings & supplies; CAHNERS Research (Company); LIBRARY Journal (Periodical); INFORMATION services

Comments on how audio-visual (AV) materials have been responsible for the increasing use of libraries and raising their profiles in communities. Survey of public libraries by `Library Journal' and Cahners Research; Growth of AV budgets; Library spending on video, audiobooks, and music compact discs.