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Louisville Public Library Strategic Plan <br />Goal #2: Promote Literacy <br />2018 Work Plan <br />We provide resources and programs for all ages to encourage the love of reading <br />and to support literacy in the digital age. <br />Objectives <br />1. Literacy for Children <br />Our collections, programs, and services help ensure that children enter school ready to <br />read, and empower parents and caregivers to build and support literacy skills in their <br />children. <br />1.1 Work Plan Responses <br />A. Elimination of fees for overdue print material <br />■ Books and other print material in the Children's collection do not accrue <br />overdue fees to remove barriers to library use and encourage reading. <br />B. Preschool literacy <br />■ Books are rearranged so that those for our youngest <br />library users are close to the early learning center and <br />the collection progresses sequentially throughout the <br />Children's area by reading level. <br />■ To accommodate increased attendance at morning <br />storytimes, staff adds another Toddler session. <br />■ Pre -readers enjoy a newly installed early learning <br />center of interactives and manipulables. <br />C. School -age support <br />■ 'Read To Rover' continues weekly. Along with Reading <br />Buddies pairs (beginning readers and teen mentors), <br />these programs provide fun, supportive environments <br />to practice reading for reluctant readers and those <br />reading below grade level. <br />■ Easy Readers are identified by reading levels to make it <br />easier for parents and children to find books with <br />appropriate vocabulary and difficulty. <br />