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Strempel, Geoff – Australian Library Journal, 2009
This paper is an author-edited transcript of a presentation to the ALIA Public Libraries Summit, Canberra, July 2009. The author starts off by talking about what people know about children, early reading and a literate Australia. He then discusses three main reasons why public libraries have had success in children's literacy and related programs,…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Emergent Literacy
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Fisher, Heather – Orana, 1998
Reports on programs for children and young adults in public libraries in Canada and the United States and discusses implications for Australian libraries. Highlights include budgets; volunteers; government funding; and summer reading programs, including registration, measurements of reading, and programming. (LRW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Budgets, Childrens Libraries, Foreign Countries