The New York Library Initiative: Libraries fueling literacy, learning, innovation and growth

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. ($5 million annually).

• 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. ($1 million annually)
  
  
• 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. ($800,000 annually)
  

• 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. ($750,000 annually)

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