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Blasingham, Laura; Drescher, Judith A. – Rural Libraries, 1997
Examines the library's efforts to refashion its bookmobile services. User studies convinced the staff of the Memphis/Shelby County (TN) public library system that its bookmobile fleet should be expanded with smaller, multipurpose vehicles, service child care centers, visit housing authority properties, and provide literacy training. Includes a…
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Community Benefits, Individualized Programs, Library Services
PDF pending restorationEpstein, Donald B. – 1978
Following a brief history of literacy from the dawn of civilization in Egypt to the founding of the community college movement in the United States in 1945-55, this paper describes the Guided Studies Program at Clackamas Community College. The aim of the program is to increase literacy, which is viewed as a means to help students' self improvement…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Humanities, Individual Counseling
