BILL ANALYSIS �
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SENATE THIRD READING
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As Amended March 19, 2013
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :33-0
RULES 11-0
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|Ayes:|Skinner, Wilk, Bigelow, |
| |Brown, Chau, Donnelly, |
| |Hagman, Nazarian, V. |
| |Manuel P�rez, Quirk, |
| |Weber |
| | |
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SUMMARY : Declares April 14 to April 20, 2013, as California
Library Week. Specifically, this resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1)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.
2)More than 21 million people use California's public libraries
each year.
3)California's public libraries are dynamic places, offering
books, computers, Internet access, e-mail reference, e-books,
and other innovative services to connect their users with
ideas and information.
4)California's public libraries are valued community centers
providing education, information, knowledge, and
entertainment.
5)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.
6)California's public libraries provide equal and economical
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services to library users, and in many cases, serve as a
community's only point of access to resources for learning.
7)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.
8)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.
9)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.
10)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.
11)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.
12)California's public libraries preserve our cultural heritage,
inform our present, and inspire our future.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
Analysis Prepared by : Mukhtar Ali / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
FN: 0000248
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