Which activity involves encouraging a love of reading among students?

• A. Information Literacy
• B. Fostering Reading
• C. Program Administration
• D. Resource Management

Answer: (B)

Building a love of reading in students comes from activities that nurture interest, enjoyment, and habit around reading. Fostering reading focuses on creating a welcoming, engaging reading environment, exposing students to a variety of texts, and providing experiences like read-alouds, book talks, and time for independent reading. These efforts directly aim to make reading enjoyable and valued, which is the foundation for lifelong reading.

Information literacy, in contrast, emphasizes knowing how to locate, evaluate, and use information effectively. Program administration centers on planning and managing library programs, while resource management deals with acquiring and organizing library materials. While all are important, they don’t target the heart of encouraging a love of reading as directly as fostering reading does.