Marc Lambert, director of the Scottish Book Trust, is urging nurseries and schools to introduce every child to their local library, and for local authorities to automatically grant them membership.
Mr Lambert believes that the move would help save libraries, which he says are at the 'heart of every community', at a time when many of them are under threat.
Launching the call for action at the start of Book Week Scotland 2014 (24-28 November), Mr Lambert said, ‘If children learn early on to love their library, they will become library users for the rest of their lives.
‘At the same time, libraries must be enabled to advertise and communicate with their customers and potential customers better. In order to survive the local authority cuts that are coming and prosper in the 21st century, libraries need to reach out to their local communities in more evident and assertive ways.’
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