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Chicago Public Library North Austin Branch [Literacy Program]. Final Performance Report for 1988-89.
Download full textChicago Public Library, IL. – 1989
This report contains general comments, objectives, budget, activities, 120 titles and descriptions of the adult new readers' collection, and program design of the library literacy program of the North Austin Branch (Chicago, Illinois). The program description explains how three objectives were met: (1) establishing a collection of basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adults
Luther, Barbara – 1990
Intended for use by participants in the Ohio Preconference and the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services (WHCLIS), this background paper on one of the three major WHCLIS themes examines Ohio's literacy problem and reviews the state's current literacy programs and funding sources. Definitions of terms, a brief history of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Federal Aid
Apfel, Cathy – 1993
This final performance report describes Project FLASH (Family Learning Action Starts Here), a literacy project of the Fitchburg (Massachusetts) Public Library designed to provide opportunities for parents to improve their own basic skills while at the same time enhancing their ability to provide literacy-based activities to their children. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Expenditures
Kallenberger, Nikki – 2000
This paper comprises four case studies that illustrate the State Library of New South Wales' (Australia) commitment to learning. The first section describes a shared learning environment for graduate information studies students that was collaboratively developed by the State Library and the University of Technology, Sydney (Australia). The second…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Environment, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
Grimes, Jan; Renner, Robert – 1988
This report presents eight examples of approaches used by local providers, employers, and unions in Illinois to make basic skills programs available to workers. The programs profiled are the following: Rockford Area Literacy Council--Project READ '86-'89; Highland Community College--Literacy Outreach Program for Northwest Illinois; Waukegan Public…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
Ziegler, Myra; Garten, Thelma – 1993
This Final Performance Report provides project outcome information and data to the U.S. Department of Education for the federally-funded Library Literacy Program. The Literate Adults Mean Prosperity (LAMP) project of the Summers County Public Library (Hinton, West Virginia), provided recruitment, retention, training, rural oriented, basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction
