University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Solid Foundations: A Primer on the Crucial, Critical, and Key Roles of School and Public Libraries in Children's Development

de Groot, Joanne; Branch, Jennifer

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Title
Solid Foundations: A Primer on the Crucial, Critical, and Key Roles of School and Public Libraries in Children's Development
Author(s)
  • de Groot, Joanne
  • Branch, Jennifer
Issue Date
2009
Keyword(s)
  • Library and information science
  • School libraries
  • School libraries -- Aims and objectives
  • Public libraries -- Aims and objectives
  • Education
Abstract
This article will first look at the important role that school and public libraries play in children’s development by providing crucial encouragement, critical access, and key time for reading and literacy. Then we will explore the importance of school and public library collaboration for children’s literacy and academic success. We will examine the ways in which research has demonstrated that public libraries and school libraries can work together when facilities are closed, access is limited, and budgets are cut, and will conclude with the implications for library and information science (LIS) researchers in fields beyond school libraries and youth services.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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Copyright 2009 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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Library Trends 58 (1) Summer 2009: Important to Us All: School Libraries and LIS Research PRIMARY
Library Trends 58 (1) Summer 2009: Important to Us All: School Libraries and LIS Research. Edited by Marcia A. Mardis.