[CALIBK12] Reading Across the Nation

[RichardGuy at aol.com]

>From a new report:

Reading Across the Nation: A Chartbook | October 2007
http://healthychild.ucla.edu/ROR/ROR_Chartbook_2007.pdf

Number of children age 0-5 per California public library:
     California   2,688         National   1,368         Ranking   51

     California has the lowest number of public libraries per child under age 
five years in the nation.

     This is on top of having the worst level of school library staffing in 
the nation with 1400 librarians for 9000 schools.

TO BE AVERAGE, we would have to DOUBLE the number of public libraries in 
California AND hire 8000 credentialed school librarians.

Richard K. Moore, InfoSherpa
Huntington Beach, CA
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