BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 27
Author: Wolk (D), et al
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE
SUBJECT : National Library Week
SOURCE : California Library Association
DIGEST : This resolution declares April 12 to April 18,
2009, inclusive, as National Library Week.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1. National Library Week is being celebrated in public
libraries throughout California from April 12 to April
18, 2009, inclusive.
2. California's public libraries are centers for education,
information, knowledge, and entertainment.
3. California's public libraries and librarians advance
teaching and learning by helping the general public,
students, faculty, and researchers obtain the best, most
accurate, and complete information.
4. California's public libraries are changing and dynamic
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places, offering books, computers, Internet access,
e-mail reference, and other innovative services to
connect their users with ideas and information.
5. California's public libraries provide technology
training for library users of all ages and help to
bridge the "digital divide" for those who do not have
access to technology at home or at school.
6. More than 21 million people use California's public
libraries each year.
7. California's public libraries change lives by serving
over 20,000 adults annually through unique,
confidential, and customized literacy services delivered
primarily through trained volunteers. These volunteers
contribute over 750,000 hours annually to assist adults
in learning how to read, thus helping adults to achieve
goals such as obtaining a driver's license, writing a
resume, obtaining employment, or reading a book to a
child for the first time.
8. The students of California are a rapidly growing group
of library users, visiting the state's libraries after
school and on weekends for homework assistance and for
materials to use in school assignments.
9. 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,
Homework Help Centers, Grandparents and Books, and Reach
Out and Read in conjunction with pediatric clinics.
10.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.
11.California's public libraries preserve our cultural
heritage, inform our present, and inspire our future.
This resolution declares the week of April 12 to April 18,
2009, inclusive, as National Library Week, and commends
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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.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 3/25/09)
California Library Association (source)
TSM:mw 3/25/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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