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CHICAGO — Changes in public libraries, the communities they serve, children’s lives, and educational research all demonstrate that traditional summer reading programs need to be reimagined. Working groups of librarians, in partnership with the California Library Association and the California State Library, have done just that, creating and implementing outcomes- and outreach-based summer reading programs that speak directly to diverse and changing communities. Drawing on case studies from several different libraries, “,” published by 91��ý Editions, offers a vision of change in action that other libraries can use as a model. The authors Natalie Cole and Virginia A. Walter:

• begin with an historical overview of summer programming in public libraries and a review of the research and conditions that have prompted recent changes in summer programs;
• discuss the principles, strategies, and evaluation framework that California librarians have created to transform their institutions;
• review a statewide campaign, Summer Matters, that is working to provide equitable summer learning opportunities for all children in California; and
• take an in-depth look at Lunch at the Library, a public library summer meal project, which brings underserved families to the library while providing learning opportunities for children, volunteer opportunities for teens, and resources for adults.

Cole is a library programs consultant at the California State Library. Previously, she was interim executive director at the California Library Association where she also led the California Summer Reading Program and the Lunch at the Library program. Walter has retired from her work as a full-time tenured professor at the UCLA Department of Information Studies. However, she continues to teach classes and advise students at UCLA and is an active library consultant and trainer, who has been invited to speak at many domestic and international venues. She is the author of many journal articles, nine monographs, and two books for young people. She is a past president of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).

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