A welcome dialogue concerning the need for research on the effectiveness of summer library reading programs: A response to ray Lyons's critique

摘要

In his article, "Overstating Summer Reading Impact: The Dominican Study," which appeared in PLQ 30, no. 1 (2011), library consultant Ray Lyons, who is the codeveloper and coauthor with Keith Curry Lance of LJ's Star Rating system, published a critique of the study authored by Susan Roman, Deborah Carran, and Carole Fiore. PLQ editors provided an opportunity for the three scholars involved in the Dominican University-LIS study to reply to the article. This communication is that reply.