Libraries and Communities Benefit, too!

Libraries, too, benefit from offering programs for the very young. When libraries create a welcoming atmosphere for families by offering effective programming, providing relative and appropriate materials for them, and modeling for parents the best way to share early learning experiences with their children, these families become users and supporters of the library, ultimately improving the communities in which they live.[i]

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[i] Jane Marin, Babies in the Library (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2003) 2.