Valerie Hardie, literacy coordinator at READ/San Diego, the literacy services of San Diego Public Library, was named one of San Diego’s 50 People to Watch in 2006 by San Diego Magazine.

Hardie says of her inclusion in San Diego's Top 50, "I view the acknowledgment in San Diego Magazine as recognition for the San Diego Public Library, its exemplary literacy program and the work everyone on the staff at READ/San Diego does for the community. I also see the article as a boost for literacy and a means of keeping the good work we do in the public eye."

The San Diego Public Library is one of 103 library jurisdictions that make up California Library Literacy Services (CLLS), the literacy arm of the California State Library (CSL).

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