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Dowd, Frances Smardo – 1992
This digest discusses ways in which public libraries deal with latchkey children who spend their after-school hours at public libraries while their parents are at work. Research conducted in 1990 of 110 public libraries revealed that almost all libraries encountered unattended children after school hours, and that most libraries surveyed were not…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Foreign Countries, Latchkey Children, Librarians
Scott, James – 1986
Due to the number of children who are left unsupervised after school, schools are becoming involved in day care. A school may allow a day care center to function on its premises, form a partnership with another organization to run a day care center jointly, or run a day care program by itself. Although principals, teachers, or parents may…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Elementary Secondary Education