Managers-regarded homework clubs as a priority for service development. Secondly that public library staff-including senior Homework clubs firmly on the national study support agenda. This is a remarkable growth over four years, which puts If all the authorities which planned to provide homework clubs went on toĭo so, the total proportion of authorities providing at least one club Homework clubs, and that most had established their clubs in 1997 and Local authorities responding to the survey questionnaire provided So what did the project uncover? First, that 42 per cent of the Handbook London, Library Association 1998) Managing library services for children and young people: a practical Offer more access opportunities, being open longer hours (Blenshort, C Some schools are opening them but libraries can often Information literacy cannot be too strongly emphasised. the potential of the public as a force in support of reading and Report Investing in children: the future of library services forĬhildren and young people (London HMSO 1996) stated that In the report the team notes that a Department of National Heritage * evaluation of the volume and impact of homework clubs in eight * selection of case study library authorities * analysis of library held data on homework clubs The project team responsible for the report used a methodology Introduction makes the point that in the UK also, `no information hadīeen available concerning the impact of homework clubs onĬhildren's and young people's achievement, either in terms ofĮducational attainment, or of wider social good, such as `improvingĬommunication skills and encouraging teamwork'. Value and impact of homework clubs in public libraries which in its From the Centre for Information Research at the University ofĬentral England in Birmingham has come a thought provoking report The Library provision which has been researched and quantified in eitherĬountry. Not many Australian and, I suspect, New Zealand public libraries
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