BILL NUMBER: SCR 14	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wolk

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   Relative to California Library Week.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 14, as introduced, Wolk. California Library Week.
   This measure would declare April 14 to April 20, 2013, inclusive,
as California Library Week.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, California Library Week seeks to partner with the efforts
surrounding National Library Week, which is being celebrated in
public libraries throughout the United States from April 14 to April
20, 2013, inclusive; and
   WHEREAS, More than 21 million people use California's public
libraries each year; and
   WHEREAS, California's public libraries are changing and dynamic
places, offering books, computers, Internet access, e-mail reference,
eBooks, and other innovative services to connect their users with
ideas and information; and
   WHEREAS, California's public libraries are valued community
centers providing education, information, knowledge, and
entertainment; and
   WHEREAS, California's public libraries and librarians advance
teaching and learning by helping students, faculty, seniors,
veterans, researchers, and other members of the general public obtain
the best, most accurate, and complete information; and
   WHEREAS, California's public libraries provide equal and
economical services to library users, and in many cases, serve as a
community's only point of access to resources for learning; and
   WHEREAS, California's public libraries provide technology training
and help to bridge the digital divide for those who do not have
access to technology at home or at school; and
   WHEREAS, California's public libraries change lives by serving
over 20,000 adults annually through customized literacy services
delivered primarily through trained volunteers, who contribute over
750,000 hours annually to assist adults in learning how to read; and
   WHEREAS, The students of California are a rapidly growing group of
library users, visiting the state's public libraries after school
and on weekends for homework assistance and for materials to use in
school assignments; and
   WHEREAS, California's public libraries are important community
educational resources, providing books and innovative programs and
services such as preschool literacy readiness, Toddler Times, the
Summer Reading Program, Grandparents and Books, and Reach Out and
Read in conjunction with pediatric clinics; and
   WHEREAS, This year the California State Library will be
celebrating its 163rd year of providing technical assistance and
consultation to California's public libraries, and preserving and
hosting an abundance of California's priceless historical items; and
   WHEREAS, California's public libraries preserve our cultural
heritage, inform our present, and inspire our future; now therefore,
be it
   Resolved, by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares the week of April
14 to April 20, 2013, inclusive, as California Library Week, and
commends California's public libraries, librarians, and all library
workers for enriching the lives of California residents and helping
to make our state an exceptional place to live, learn, and work; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.