Statewide Summer Reading Program

The Summer Reading Program also encourages youth to continue to improve their reading skills during the months school is not in session.  The State Library of North Carolina (SLNC) is a member of the Collaborative Summer Library Programs and underwrites the statewide summer reading program for participating state-aid eligible libraries. Statewide coordinated summer reading programs began in the summer of 1980 with the theme, From Hatteras to Cherokee: Folktales and Legends of North Carolina through a grant from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.  Since 1998, North Carolina Public Libraries' summer reading programs have been funded as a part of the State Library of North Carolina's regular budget.

Goals of the Summer Reading Program

• To encourage and motivate children and families to read for pleasure
• To help school age children maintain their reading skills while on school holiday
  
• To introduce children and their families to the resources of their public library
• To attract new customers to their library
• To establish the library as a vital part of community life
• To promote community involvement in the mission of the library
  
• To create positive publicity for the library
• To establish a partnership with the school community
• To increase circulation of library materials

Importance of Summer Reading on the TODAY Show 

Teen Video Challenge 2012

2012 Summer Reading Program Workshops 

• March 1, 2012, Central Carolina Community College, Pittsboro Campus

• March 12, 2012, ImaginOn, Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library

End of Summer Reading Program/Club Statistics

• All libraries/systems must provide the State Library with Summer Reading Program Statistics by Monday, September 10, 2012. 

• Summer Reading contact only, please click End of Summer Reading Program Statistics survey to input the data for the entire library systems. Use this pdf copy of the survey to write data prior to typing it to SurveyMonkey.
  All statistics MUST be entered via Survey Monkey.  SRP/C Contacts, Record all data and click submit to send the data to the State Library.

End of SRP Statistics SurveyMonkey Link  (TBA)

Past SRP Statewide Statistics

Contact Lori Special, Youth Services Consultant, or Marilyn Johns, Administrative Assistant with any questions.