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The New York Vision for Libraries


Growing Readers @ the Library - Raising Academic Outcomes Ongoing support will promote school readiness by supporting cooperative early literacy programs for families with children from birth through age 4 at local public libraries. ( State investment in the New York Statewide Summer Reading Program will enable future academic success and increase literacy of school-age children and parents by expanding summer reading programs in libraries across the state. Ongoing support for the New York State Library, the New York Public Library and the Long Island Talking Book and Braille Libraries will help improve academic outcomes for students with disabilities of all ages. Extending Public Hours for New York State Library and Archives by opening on Saturdays to insure that all New Yorkers have access to the unique resources and services of the New York State Library and the New York State Archives when they are able to visit these institutions. The facility is currently open to users Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. when many New Yorkers are working or otherwise unable to use the facility's services.

	School Library Materials Aid	Summer Reading Program

The New York Library Initiative is a legislative proposal of the Office of Cultural Education (OCE), a unit of the New York State Education Department. OCE is home to the NYS Archives, NYS Library, NYS Museum, and the NYS Office of Educational Television and Public Broadcasting.