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Peer reviewedTinnish, Diane – Emergency Librarian, 1995
Examines literature on latchkey children and public libraries, and reviews solutions to this issue. Presents four recommendations to help public libraries clarify their role in serving latchkey children: educate personnel regarding appropriate services, develop a written policy, reevaluate programs and services, become involved in a community task…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Latchkey Children, Library Personnel, Library Policy
Dowd, Frances Smardo – 1991
Noting that as many as 15 million elementary school children are regularly left without adult supervision for several hours after school each day until an adult returns home from work, this book focuses on what is happening and what could happen to latchkey children in terms of the community as a whole, as well as in regard to public libraries.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Organizations, Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
