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Direct linkNeuman, Susan B.; Celano, Donna – Reading Research Quarterly, 2006
This study examines children's uses of reading resources in neighborhood public libraries that have been transformed to "level the playing field." Through foundation funding (US$20 million), the public library system of Philadelphia converted neighborhood branch libraries into a technologized modern urban library system, hoping to…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Neighborhoods, Library Networks, Public Libraries
Peer reviewedNeuman, Susan B.; Celano, Donna – Reading Research Quarterly, 2001
Finds striking differences between neighborhoods of differing income in access to print (books, signs, labels, logos, public places conducive to reading, and access to books in local preschools, school libraries, and public library branches), with middle-income children having a large variety of resources to choose from, while low-income children…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education
