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Callaghan, Linda Ward – American Libraries, 1988
Discusses the library's responsibility toward children, including the development of literacy skills, the use of public libraries by latchkey children, and increased demands for youth library services. The need for children's services now to improve the outlook for adult services later is examined, and suggestions for non-children's services…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Futures (of Society), Latchkey Children, Library Role
