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ERIC ED386218: Services and Resources for Children and Young Adults... |
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the findings are presented of 1994 surveys on services |
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and resources for children and young adults (ages 12-18) |
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in public libraries. Each survey was conducted with a |
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different nationally representative sample of public |
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libraries. Data was collected for individual buildings |
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rather than for library systems. Findings indicate the |
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following: (1) children and young adults represent 60% of |
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public library patronage; (2) 30% of public librarians |
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specialize in youth services; (3) 39% of libraries employ |
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a children's librarian, 11% have a young adult librarian, |
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and 24% have a youth services specialist on staff; (4) |
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30% of all public libraries have only one librarian on |
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staff; (5) ethnic diversity of children and young adult |
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patrons has increased over 40% in the last 5 years; (6) |
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computer technologies are among the most heavily used |
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children's and young adult resources in public libraries |
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and are also the most scarce; (7) many library programs |
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primarily target preschool and kindergarten children; (8) |
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only 76% of public libraries report working with schools; |
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(9) only one in seven libraries offer homework assistance |
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programs; (10) 11% of public libraries have neither a |
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young adult collection or section; and (11) insufficient |
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library staff is a leading barrier to increasing services |
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and resources for children and young adults. Survey data |
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is provided in 21 tables and 14 figures. Appendices |
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present survey methodology and data reliability, a list |
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of tables with standard errors, and survey forms. (AEF) |
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Date Published: 2014-10-14 06:16:07 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED386218 |
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Item Size: 53292937 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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ERIC Archive; Adolescents; Childrens ... |
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