Why have children’s programs? How effective are they anyway? Library lovers are sure to just assume that children’s programs are good for the kids, but how do we know. I looked for some evidence both to support the value of having them and for cutting them. I found a lot of evidence to support reading programs in libraries. After a couple of hours in the Palomar databases, I couldn’t find any evidence against them, except for budgetary reasons.
The Importance of Summer Reading: Public Library Summer Reading Programs and Learning at http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/summer/research.htm is very interesting. It talks about the value of having summer reading programs to help kids maintain reading level through the long summer when they are away from school. It has an extensive annotated bibliography that is interesting.
Another one I found is at http://www.ifpl.org/Junior/studies/Role%20of%20Libraries.pdf
It is a long study filled with relivant information avbout kid’s Programs. It isn’t too dry for a study report and worth looking at if you want to know about the value of reading programs.
Great information about summer reading programs. These programs are usually very popular in every community. Thanks for the links!
ReplyDeleteMy family and I have all benefitted from summer reading programs. There's nothing quite like a lazy summer afternoon spent reading a stack of books picked up from the local library!
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