Teen-age section for library
A new section of books for teen-agers will open on Monday at the Canterbury d Public Library. The section is called “Books for the Disco Set,” jj land will comprise several! J! hundred paperback books! written by authors more] ir ! popular with adult readers! d i and those who write especi-! a ally for teen-agers. lyj Only intermediate borrow-1 idlers will be. allowed to use y the new section. )s Several months ago the , library was forced to stop lcS providing books for teenagers because of pressure on space. It was also believed that the section as constituted I® was not getting enough use to warrant the space given 2 1 ] I “A prominent topic for disici: cussion in library circles tone day is whether adolescents J e | should be treated as a | separate group in the pro- | vision of library services,” ’said Ms J. Thompson, the it I reader service librarian, y I Many persons lost the m’reading habit in their early I teen-age years, she said.
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