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- Title
THE ROLE OF LIBRARIES IN HELPING ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES JUGGLE THE DEMANDS OF WORK AND LIFE.
- Authors
Edwards, Jane; Williams, Pip
- Abstract
Libraries help young people accommodate the work-life commitments of their families by providing them with a safe, supervised environment when home and school are unavailable. This also helps build community by encouraging interaction between adolescents and adults and among young people themselves. Libraries are important sites of young people's experience of citizenship. Reported are the ways in which socioeconomic status shapes families' experience of work-life commitments and how this shapes experiences of libraries by young people. Also considered are the resources needed by libraries and librarians to effectively respond to young people. Edited version of a paper presented at '12 to 24s @ your public library in Australia and New Zealand conference' Qld 11-12 June 2010.
- Subjects
LIBRARIES &; community; FAMILY-work relationship -- Social aspects; TEENAGERS &; adults; SOCIAL interaction; CITIZENSHIP; SOCIAL status
- Publication
APLIS, 2010, Vol 23, Issue 3, p84
- ISSN
1030-5033
- Publication type
Article