[LM_NET] Gen: HP and reading

[Darlene Yasick <lib027yas@SBCGLOBAL.NET>]

Our paper ran a story last week that headlined the fact that in spite of Harry 
Potter, teen reading rates were down. It basically said that kids just read HP and 
that's it. I noticed that the people who conducted the research didn't include 
libraries and librarians-- National Endowment for the Arts, the US Department of 
Education ( and they know this how???- could they even find a school library- 
whoops I digress) and the organization for Economic Development- whoever they are. 
Here is a link to the article http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/192021 
   
  As I recall the NEA only counts books they consider literature and I'm not sure 
what that definition is. All I know is that my circulation is up every year by a 
significant margin and that the day before a break I'm so busy with kids who need 
something to read over the weekend or the break.When I go to the public library, 
winter or summer, the place is buzzing with kids and adults. They are not all on 
computers and the library doesn't have that many HP books! It just seems like more 
Little Red Hen mentality. Darlene


Darlene Yasick
Media Specialist
Hopkins (MI) High School
lib027yas@global.net

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