Family Place in the News
Articles
New Oakmont Library Program Encouraging Playtime. Plum-Oakmont Patch.com, January 2011.
Grant Recipients Announced for California's Family Place Library Program. California State Library, August 2010.
Designing Space for Children and Teens in Libraries and Public Places. American Libraries Magazine, April 2010.
Grant, Melanie JLB'S l, 2, 3 Play with Me Program. Newsheet, Spring 2009.
LA County to Expand Family Place Centers Library Hotline, October 2008.
Reidenouer, Dayna Quarryville Library Receives National Family Place Recognition. Quarryville Advertiser, August 2008.
Chamberland, T.S. Library Launches Family Program. Sun Journal, February 27, 2008.
Auburn Public Library to become a "Family Place Library". Twin City Times, January 24, 2008. (Scroll to page 16).
Norfolk Public Library Awarded the RADM Ben Hacker Literacy Leadership Award for Exemplary Program Achievement in Early Literacy.Norfolk Public Library, September 24, 2007.
Waltos, Rosemary. Family Place Libraries = Community Partnerships. MLA to Z: The News-to-use-Letter of the Maine Library Association, June, 2007.
Jespersen, Betty. Wilton Free Public Library Honored as 'Family Place'. Morning Sentinel, May 8, 2007.
Musland, Erin. Library Encourages Interaction between City Children, Parents. The Daily Northwestern, October 16, 2006.
Kropp, Lisa G. Family Place Libraries: Building Strong Families and Communities. Newsday's Parents and Children, June 2006.
Sonenberg, Nina. Family Place Libraries: From One Long Island Library to the Nation. Americans for Libraries Council, 2005.
A Miracle of Generosity. American Libraries: The Magazine of the American Library Association, March 2004.
$1 Mil. Endows Family Place at Middle Country Library, NY. Library Hotline: Breaking News for Library and Information Decision Makers, January 19, 2004.
Byrne, Marci, Kathleen Deerr and Lisa G. Kropp. Book a Playdate: The Game of Promoting Emergent Literacy. American Libraries: The Magazine of the American Library Association, September 2003.
Paquette, Carole. Library Expansions Create Areas for the Very Young. New York Times, Real Estate, June 23, 2002.
Feinberg, Sandra and Diantha D. Schull. Transforming Public Libraries To Serve Very Young Children and Their Families. Zero to Three, 2000-2001.
Norfolk Public Library Awarded the RADM Ben Hacker Literacy Leadership Award for Exemplary Program Achievement in Early Literacy.Norfolk Public Library, September 24, 2007.
I can say that in every location, the thing that has touched people most, and why I like the program this much..., is that people understand it and they emotionally respond ...to it.
