Summer reading program

{{Short description|Seasonal activity at libraries to encourage reading}}

'''Summer reading programs''' take place at 95% of public libraries in the United States.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Bertot |first=John Carlo |last2=Real |first2=Brian |last3=Lee |first3=Jean |last4=McDermott |first4=Abigail J. |last5=Jaeger |first5=Paul T. |date=2015-10-01 |title=2014 Digital Inclusion Survey: Survey Findings and Results |url=https://digitalinclusion.umd.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/2014DigitalInclusionSurveyFinalRelease.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106054900/https://digitalinclusion.umd.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/2014DigitalInclusionSurveyFinalRelease.pdf |archive-date=2015-11-06 |website=digitalinclusion.umd.edu}}</ref> Children, teens, and adults participate in activities meant to encourage reading, such as keeping a reading log. Other names for summer reading programs include vacation reading club, summer reading club, vacation reading program, and summer library program.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fiore|first=Carole D.|date=2007|title=Summer library reading programs|journal=New Directions for Youth Development|volume=2007|issue=114|pages=85–98|doi=10.1002/yd.215|pmid=17623415}}</ref>

==History== Summer reading programs at public libraries in the United States began no later than the 1890s.<ref name=":1">Bertin, S. (2004). A history of youth summer reading programs in public libraries: A master’s paper for the M.S. in L.S. degree. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.</ref> Early programs featured how to care for books, reading logs or lists, and focused on older kids and teens.<ref name=":1" /> By 1929, summer reading programs were sometimes themed.<ref name=":1" /> In the 1940s, professional publications began including prevention of summer reading loss as a goal of summer reading programs.<ref name=":1" /> As of 2014, 95% of public libraries in the United States offer a summer reading program.<ref name=":0" /> Summer reading programs are common in Canada as well.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-03-27 |title=Literature Review on the Impact of Summer Reading Clubs |url=https://tdsrcstaff.cdn.prismic.io/tdsrcstaff%2F218ad805-5aff-49e7-9c66-36667e0bfc10_009003-06-040-e.pdf |website=tdsrcstaff.cdn.prismic.io}}</ref>

==Features== Two thirds of public libraries host a summer reading program with a theme.<ref name=":2">School Library Journal. (2019). ''Public Library Summer Programming Survey''.</ref> Most summer reading programs offer books, coupons, or bookmarks as incentives for participating.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=Summer-Reading-Incentives-Love-Them-or-Hate-Them-Prizes-Bring-Kids-In|title=Summer Reading Incentives: Love Them or Hate Them, Prizes Bring Kids In|last=Yorio|first=Kara|website=School Library Journal|access-date=2020-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=Public-Library-Summer-Programming-Is-Vital-to-Communities-SLJ-Survey-Shows|title=Public Library Summer Programming Is Vital to Communities, SLJ Survey Shows|last=Barack|first=Lauren|website=School Library Journal|access-date=2020-02-10}}</ref> Participants receive those incentives when they achieve a goal.<ref name=":3" /> Libraries commonly keep track of the number of participants, time spent reading, or number of books read.<ref name=":2" />

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