Read and React

I follow a number of urban and public policy sources in my newsfeed and there’s been a bit of crackle lately regarding new studies on the real costs of loneliness. With a confluence of factors coming together, including the release of DSM-V, the retirement of 10,000 Baby Boomers every day, and the initiation of the Affordable Care Act, policy wonks are examining the problem to see if loneliness should be regarded as a matter of public policy.

I’m a little behind on my reading, so if you’ve already read the March/April edition of Public Libraries, go no further. In that magazine, PLA president Carolyn Anthony says the nature of public libraries is shaped by their founding as an American institution “at the community level, largely through the work of volunteer associations actively engaged in community building.”

While more and more information is going digital, people still feel that libraries are an important source of information

The link between play and literacy in early childhood is important & here is what one did to strengthen that tie.