{"id":721,"date":"2018-05-13T22:24:07","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T04:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uelma.org\/?p=721"},"modified":"2018-05-13T22:24:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T04:24:07","slug":"libraries-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/2018\/05\/13\/libraries-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"Libraries Rock!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\"><blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every summer, libraries all across Utah participate in the Summer Reading Program. <\/span><b>Libraries Rock!\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the 2018 theme for all ages. \u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-722\" src=\"http:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/library.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"887\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/library.jpg 887w, https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/library-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/library-768x273.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, Utah State Library and my529 (formerly Utah Educational Savings Plan) have partnered to provide an opportunity for parents\/guardians of children, who participate in their local library\u2019s summer reading program, for a $1,000 my529 scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cBook Your Summer\u201d runs from May 15 - August 15. Go to <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bookyoursummer.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with the summer reading program, public librarians support the literacy efforts of school librarians by encouraging lifelong reading by providing access to books, eBooks, audiobooks, internet, computers and literacy based programming. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Student participation in the summer reading program can prevent summer reading loss and offers advantages for struggling and\/or reluctant readers.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Numerous studies have shown that reading over the summer prevents \u201csummer reading loss.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summer reading loss is cumulative. Non-readers don\u2019t \u201ccatch up\u201d in fall because readers are moving ahead with their skills. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reading for pleasure, whether it be books, graphic novels or magazines, builds children\u2019s confidence as learners and enhances their formal education.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact your local public library for more information about its summer reading program and \u201cBook Your Summer.\u201d \u00a0By working together, school and public libraries can help close the summer reading loss gap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah State Library is a member of the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information contact: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharon Deeds, Youth Services Coordinator<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah State Library<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">801-715-6742<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:sdeeds@utah.gov\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sdeeds@utah.gov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every summer, libraries all across Utah participate in the Summer Reading Program. Libraries Rock!\u00a0is the 2018 theme for all ages. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 In addition, Utah State Library and my529 (formerly Utah Educational Savings Plan) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/2018\/05\/13\/libraries-rock\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More ...<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}