If you were looking for something to write a letter to the editor about, this came from a post over at CALIBk12 today. Pretty dismal for California libraries.
From a new study (Reading Across the Nation: A Chartbook):
Number of children age 0-5 per California public library
California 2,688
National 1,368
Ranking 51
California has the lowest number of public libraries per child under the age of five years in the nation. They also have the worst level of school library staffing in the nation (1,400 librarians for 9,000 schools).
And this is key:
To be average, California would have to double the number of public libraries in California and hire 8,000 credentialed school librarians.
(Thanks to Richard K. Moore, InfoSherpa, for this CALIBK12 post on the study.)
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