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Libraly Journal ›› 2022, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (3): 104-110.

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Comparative Study on Early Literacy Services for Infants in Foreign Public Libraries

Lü Fangting (Department of Library, Information and Archives, Shanghai University)   

  • Online:2022-03-15 Published:2022-03-21
  • About author:Lü Fangting(Department of Library, Information and Archives, Shanghai University)

Abstract: By selecting eight public libraries in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and
Australia, the paper summarizes four characteristics of early literacy services in foreign libraries from
five aspects: reading projects, reading activities, reading resources, reading strategies and cooperative
relationships. Four suggestions on the development of early literacy services for infants in China’s public
libraries are put forward, including collaboratively building an early literacy services’ system for infants
in regional libraries, planning early literacy’s section for infants with systematic, comprehensive and clear
characteristics, focusing more on online resources and early literacy’s resources for infants with local
characteristics, and emphasizing more on the family and parental involvement of early literacy services.