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The Chicago Public Library system wants to smash the stereotypical image that it is nothing more than a place where old fogies congregate and read. So the Chicago Public Library is launching a new ad campaign Nov. 17 from All Terrain/Chicago that attempts to impress upon young adults of a post-college, pre-children age that their […]

Simon Romero, New York Times

A whimsical riff on the bookmobile, Mr. Soriano’s Biblioburro is a small institution: one man and two donkeys. He created it out of the simple belief that the act of taking books to people who do not have them can somehow improve this impoverished region, and perhaps Colombia.
In doing so, Mr. […]

Stockton2020 is honored to have been awarded San Joaquin A+’s “Spirit of Literacy Award.” We received the award along with other outstanding organizations and individuals during San Joaquin A+’s Spirit of Literacy Gala on September 18th. Along with the award came letters of recognition from the offices of Congressmen McNerney and Cardoza, Assembly members Agazarian, […]

The Associated Press
Article Launched: 09/07/2008 03:28:17 PM PDT
LONG BEACH—The City Council’s budget oversight committee dropped its proposal this week to close Long Beach’s 84-year-old main library. Could its members have heard that the 88-year-old author of “Fahrenheit 451″ was on his way to town to make things warm for them if they didn’t?

“Without libraries, we […]

Complaints are heard world wide of the lackluster spirit of change in today’s youth, 19-year old John Tyler Hammons at the University of Oklahoma begs to differ. He won the mayoral race on May 13, 2008 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, becoming one of the youngest mayors in the country.
“The public placing their trust in me is […]

To all those who have supported Stockton2020, we thank you. We are proud and excited to officially announce our transition to a 501c3 non-profit corporation. In honor of our new status as the first youth-based non-profit in our area, we would like to invite you to the first Stockton2020 Milestone Celebration held in the lobby […]

Life is a learning process…even when you turn 70! Alferd Williams was illiterate all of his life, but after watching Alesia Hamilton’s class through the door after taking his grandchildren to school, Williams eventually got up the nerve to ask her to teach him to read.
It just goes to show that it doesn’t matter how […]

Due to the repair worked needed on the Troke Branch Library’s roof, most ofthe libraries collections and computers will be temporarily moved to Weberstown Mall. Since the most successful libraries are located in areas of high foot traffic, we look forward to what this opportunity will bring. Council Member Susan Eggmen cordially remarked, “”Perhaps people […]

The cultural transformation Stockton is waiting for will take place when our youngest citizens are equipped with the tools of transformation. Salinas is doing exactly this by handing each student in the nearby school district of 7,400 a library card. In our world , the library card represents more than access to fanciful tales of […]

Some people question the value and usage of libraries by the youth of today’s society; this article from CNN shows that, despite their web addiction, teenagers utilize libraries more often than the adult population. This proves that libraries are not a lost cause, but rather a fundamental and educational foothold for America’s youth.

Here are […]