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Barratt-Pugh, Caroline; Allen, Nola – Australian Library Journal, 2011
Since 2005, "Better Beginnings", an early intervention, statewide family literacy programme developed by The State Library of Western Australia, has provided thousands of families with strategies and resources to promote and support book-sharing from birth. This paper reports on the key findings of an independent longitudinal evaluation…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Reading Attitudes, Government Libraries, Foreign Countries
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Allen, Nola – Australian Library Journal, 2009
The author describes the aptly-named "Better Beginnings" early childhood literacy project. Conducted by the State Library of Western Australia, sponsored by the WA State Government and Rio Tinto Limited, and closely monitored by Edith Cowan University, "Better Beginnings" has been successful from the outset, with proven…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Family Literacy, Family Programs