Kerena Cobbina, BBC; Give newborns automatic library cards, authors urge
"A group of leading authors are calling for every newborn baby to be signed up for a library card automatically at birth.
Writers including Sir Philip Pullman, Richard Osman and Kate Mosse have backed the proposal by think tank the Cultural Policy Unit (CPU), which says a universal, lifelong membership issued at birth would boost literacy.
"A lot of people still feel that [libraries are] not for them," Mosse told BBC Radio 4's Today programme, but said automatically giving out cards could show that "every single young child that's born is welcome".
The CPU proposal would see membership linked directly to birth registration, so library cards would be waiting for newborns at their local library."
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