Book Ahead, a government-funded programme aiming to strengthen links between libraries and early years settings has successfully engaged more than 16,000 settings, according to the report by the Museums and Libraries Association (MLA).
The evaluation found that 71 per cent of settings were from the private, voluntary and independent sector. Where details had been provided, researchers found that almost half of the settings were new contacts for libraries.
The report found more than 130,000 children had been engaged by the programme, feedback from which encouraged libraries to restructure their services to meet the needs of early years settings, for example with extended book loan periods.
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