[Libs-Or] Parental Connection to Libraries Defined

[Diedre Conkling]

Parental Connection to Libraries Defined
http://www.districtdispatch.org/2013/05/parental-connection-to-libraries-defined/


Posted on May 1,
2013<http://www.districtdispatch.org/2013/05/parental-connection-to-libraries-defined/>
by Jazzy Wright <http://www.districtdispatch.org/author/jazzy/> |


[image: Library Patron]What's the one thing that nearly all parents agree
is valuable for their children? The library, of course! Ninety-four percent
of parents say libraries are important for their children, according to new
report by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.

The study, "Parents' and Children's Special Relationship with Reading and
Libraries<http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2013/05/01/parents-children-libraries-and-reading/>,"
reveals the strong connections parents have with public libraries.

"This study echoes what librarians have heard from parents for years:
libraries encourage and build a love of reading and books," said American
Library Association President Maureen Sullivan in a
statement<http://www.ala.org/news/pr?id=12955>.
"Librarians provide more information and resources than any family can
afford to have at home. Libraries provide a safe and welcoming space for
reading and learning.

"A whopping 77 percent of teenagers come to us to support their
out-of-school learning! Libraries continue to link people with the
information and the critical resources they need to educate themselves and
to connect with their communities. Eighty-seven percent of children who
visited the library do so to borrow books. Fifty-five percent went to do
school work.

"An important way in which libraries support lifelong learning is by
offering public programs that range from story time for preschoolers to
homework programs for teens," she continued. "A recent report from the
Institute of Museum and Library Services finds that libraries offered 2.3
million programs for children. Attendance at these children's programs
exceeded 60.5 million.

Read the rest of Sullivan's statement
<http://www.ala.org/news/pr?id=12955>or read the full
report<http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2013/05/01/parents-children-libraries-and-reading/>
.



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*Diedre Conkling**
Lincoln County Library District
P.O. Box 2027
Newport, OR 97365
Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066
Work email**: **diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org*<diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org>
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