FLP - Closing

FLP - Closing

All Free Library of Philadelphia Customers,

We deeply regret to inform you that without the necessary budgetary legislation by the State Legislature in Harrisburg, the City of Philadelphia will not have the funds to operate our neighborhood branch libraries, regional libraries, or the Parkway Central Library after October 2, 2009.

Want to fight illiteracy? Support your local library

Vancouver Sun: 2009 September 14

  

...school librarians in some districts might have only one day a week to service hundreds of students.

"For kids," said Heather Daly, president of the B.C. Teacher-Librarians Association and district librarian for Coquitlam schools, "it means a library that's closed, the lights off, four days a week."

For many school libraries in B.C., said Daly, Raise-a-Reader grants are helping to keep those lights burning.

Raising a reader, 13 years on

Vancouver Sun: 2009 September 12

'Literacy is the critical skill in our society, dwarfing all others in the contribution it makes to our lives as private citizens, as working people and in our public duties in this information age."

B.C. schools face cuts to libraries, lunch programs

The Globe and Mail: 2009 September 8

Funds for hungry school kids, classroom computers and schoolyard jungle gyms are being cut this year in B.C., even as the province's education minister maintained yesterday the province's public school system is “well-funded.”

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Feed children homegrown books

National Post: 2009 September 8

What is the state of Canadian literature? For many readers and authors, the answer is "flourishing and rich." For others, it's "floundering and forgettable." In a week-long series, National Post contributors are considering our national book scene and giving their own takes

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Libraries, wisely, were spared deep cuts

Victoria Times Colonist: 2009 September 8

Today is International Literacy Day, a celebration of the benefits that come from being able to read and write.

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International Literacy Day

UNESCO

http://www.unesco.org/en/literacy/advocacy/international-literacy-day/

On International Literacy Day each year, UNESCO reminds the international community of the status of literacy and adult learning globally.