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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 – Educational Leadership, 2004
Libraries await their uncertain fate as they transform literacy development and the vital service they provide to the needy children in the nation. If we let the libraries die, then the hopes of young generation will slip away as they will be left without access to necessary support.
Descriptors: Literacy, Libraries, Children, Economically Disadvantaged
