• Lifestyle

    Summer Reading is just around the corner…

    I don’t believe the general public knows just how much time and effort is put into planning and executing the summer reading program each year.  At my library, we begin planning in November, which means by May, I’m very tired of thinking about summer!  Our library provides entertainers and shows…

  • Lifestyle

    Summer Reading Programs

    For years children’s librarians have known that summer reading programs are beneficial to students.  Plenty of anecdotal information supports the same idea.  Unfortunately there was no long-term study to back this viewpoint.  Until the Dominican Study entitled “Public Library Summer Reading Programs Close the Reading Gap” was published in June…