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FIRST LIBRARY®
NEW CLOTHING AND TOYS FOR FIRST TIME MOTHERS IN NEED WITH LIBRARY PATRONAGE.
Validation
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND PARENTS AS TEACHERS STUDY VALIDATES FIRST LIBRARY’S MISSION AND PROGRAM OF DAILY READING
Study: Innovative Approaches to Literacy
Report: Results of the Innovative Approaches to Literacy Project
A 2015 Department of Education and Parents as Teachers Study of children in high risk environments showed
*35% increase in families with 26 or more books in the home
*29% increase in children pretending to read books once or more a day
*22% increase in family reading books together once or more a day
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19% increase in families who own library cards
PEW RESEARCH CENTER STUDY SHOWS THE NEED FOR REGULAR LIBRARY PATRONAGE VALIDATING FIRST LIBRARY’S MISSION AND PROGRAM
Study: Libraries 2016
Research: A portrait of those who have never been to libraries
A 2016 Pew Research Center Study of library usage
17% of parents of minor children say they have never been to a public library.
19% of Americans say they have never visited a public library or a bookmobile.
68% of Americans say they have used libraries at one time or another, though not in the past 12 months.
Those who have never been to a public library are more likely to be male (24% have never been to a library), ages 65 and older (26%), Hispanic (32%), black (28%), high school graduates or less (29%), or living in households earning less than $30,000 (27%).
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