BILL NUMBER: SCR 78	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  19
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  MAY 13, 2010
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  APRIL 8, 2010
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wolk

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   Relative to National Library Week.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 78, Wolk. National Library Week.
   This measure would declare April 11 to April 17, 2010, inclusive,
as National Library Week.



   WHEREAS, National Library Week is being celebrated in public
libraries throughout California from April 11 to April 17, 2010,
inclusive; and
   WHEREAS, California's public libraries are centers for education,
information, knowledge, and entertainment; and
   WHEREAS, 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; and
   WHEREAS, California's public libraries are changing and dynamic
places, offering books, computers, Internet access, e-mail reference,
and other innovative services to connect their users with ideas and
information; and
   WHEREAS, 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; and
   WHEREAS, More than 21 million people use California's public
libraries each year; and
   WHEREAS, 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; and
   WHEREAS, 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; 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, Homework Help Centers, Grandparents and
Books, and Reach Out and Read in conjunction with pediatric clinics;
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, this year the California State Library will be
celebrating its 160th 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
11 to April 17, 2010, inclusive, as National 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.