ABSTRACT
After the initial stages in setting up a library facility, librarians focus on two major program areas: (a) developing a culture for reading where youth and adults engage in positive reading activities; and (b) supporting the literacy/learning needs of all users. Libraries begin with the goals of encouraging users to come to the library, find books that interest them and engage in pleasurable reading experiences. At the same time, library programs serve the information and learning needs of users by supporting their requests for information, helping users effectively search for information and use the information they find to build new knowledge about their topic of interest and/or inquiry questions. This chapter explores the first of these two areas of program development in libraries and begins with a visit to Philomena Heaton School Library-Sydney, Australia where both of these aspects of library programs are clearly evident.
