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TEMPE, Ariz. – Thanks to two grants from the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, the Tempe Public Library will initiate new programs for parents and children in 2010. 

Tempe received $38,000 for new books and materials. Funding also will provide a baby reading program, parent early literacy training workshops and Discover, Explore and Read, a science literature based reading program for children aged preschool through third grade. The library will also offer monthly science presentations over the next year.

“Thanks to the LSTA grants, the Children’s Library, which is set to reopen in January 2010, will be able to provide new books and materials plus fun and educational programs for parents and children,” Sherry Warren, Youth Services Supervisor, said.

In FY2009, the Arizona State Library will receive more than $3 million under the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), which is administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

About $1 million of the funding is being awarded on a competitive process to libraries in Arizona. The remaining funds will be used to support statewide services including family literacy and reading programs, electronic databases, digital government initiatives, continuing education classes and other programs.

“The Arizona State Library is pleased to support innovative projects that serve the people of Arizona with LSTA funding,” GladysAnn Wells, Arizona State Librarian, said. The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records is a state agency dedicated to ensuring that the Arizona Legislature and Arizonans have access to the information they need today, and the history of Arizona for tomorrow, through partnerships with all types of cultural and public information institutions.

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