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Download full textThau, Helene – 1997
Raising a child with a disability requires an even greater amount of information than that needed to raise a "typical" child. This information is not as easily accessed as information regarding typically developing children. Parents require this information to help promote their child's development, learn information about diagnoses and treatment…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Child Caregivers, Children, Disabilities
Peer reviewedSymons, Ann K. – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1999
Discusses the importance of librarians being advocates for children and fighting for free and open access to printed and electronic information. Discusses Banned Book Week; intellectual freedom; the American Library Association's four main concerns related to the Internet--access, quality, education, and local control; and the importance of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Children, Childrens Literature, Intellectual Freedom
Cheunwattana, Aree; Meksawat, Pimol – 2001
This paper presents the story of an effort in Thailand to reach out to children in high-risk situations by providing them with a library on old train carriages. The Library Train Project was initiated in 1999 by the Railway Police Division within the Royal Police Office. It is aimed at offering education services to homeless children as a way of…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Children, Childrens Libraries, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedNeuman, Susan – Knowledge Quest, 2002
Presents findings of a study that examined the impact of a model urban library system in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) on children's literacy development, particularly for poor, minority families, and its relation to reading achievement. It is concluded that libraries are vital for children's achievement and developing informational needs. (MES)
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Libraries, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Rodgers, Frederick A.; Innes, Elizabeth A. – 1992
The African American church has a long history of service to its community. The church in African American life has always served as a source of support, learning, information, and improvement for its members and the community it serves. This project directed its resources and energies toward developing meaningful and effective strategies for…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adolescents, Black Community, Black Institutions
George, Mary Ellen – 1997
The purpose of this study was to find out to what extent K-12 fiction and nonfiction books about and for hearing impaired children and adolescents are included in the collections of the seven public libraries in Franklin County, Ohio. Two core bibliographies were compiled through content analysis of selective bibliographic sources. Via dial-up…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Bibliographies
