Because English language learners enter kindergarten at a distinct disadvantage, Celano and Neuman examine the role public libraries can play in rallying around these young children to better prepare them for school. The authors document a new program called Every Child Ready to Read, which recently launched in 4,000 public libraries across the…

Games and other forms of play are used in today's libraries to attract underserved patrons, to introduce patrons to other library resources and services, and to facilitate engagement between library patrons. While many perceive gaming as a new library service, gaming services have been part of librarianship since the nineteenth century through…

In the rapidly changing globalized world, school librarians cannot prepare today's students for every possible outcome, but they can give them the skills that will make them adaptable in 21st-century learning and work settings. The mission for school library programs is to ensure that students are effective users of ideas and information by being…

Project Read at the San Mateo Public Library is one of 106 library programs in California helping adults improve their reading, writing, and communication skills. Like many adult literacy programs, Project Read trains and matches volunteer tutors with students. About 30% of the Project Read students are men in Project 90 (P-90), a residential drug…

AS PART OF THE CONCERTED EFFORT TO ALLEVIATE READING PROBLEMS IN PROJECT SCHOOLS, LIBRARIAN SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPING READING PROGRAMS AND IN AIDING TEACHERS IN FINDING APPROPRIATE MATERIALS. FULL TIME LIBRARIANS WERE ASSIGNED TO THE TWO PROJECT SCHOOLS. THE PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO STIMULATE STUDENT INTEREST IN THE LIBRARY, TO…