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Grabowski, Stanley M. – Continuing Education for Adults, 1972
Gives examples of successful library programs and notes additional staff needs resulting from such programs. (SP)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Disadvantaged, Librarians
Grabowski, Stanley M. – Continuing Education for Adults, 1972
Gives examples of successful library programs and notes additional staff needs resulting from such programs. (SP)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Disadvantaged, Librarians
Download full textKentucky State Dept. of Libraries, Frankfort. – 1971
The overall view of the library and its services show that within the "severe" limits of its resources, the library is doing well in its basic services. The call for "excellence of basic services" reflected in the objectives requires continued service improvement and a reorganization of the staff to heighten public services.…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, County Libraries, Improvement, Library Collections
Peer reviewedCohn, William L. – Catholic Library World, 1980
Calls for public library cooperation to meet the needs of the 10 to 20 million adults in the U.S. who cannot read. It is suggested that, in light of declining budgets, the appropriate special collections and services be made available only at certain designated libraries or branches within a system. (LLS)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Illiteracy, Library Collections
Peer reviewedScates, Denni Kay – Public Libraries, 1999
Investigates how the needs of adult new readers are being met in five North Texas public library systems using the PLA's (Public Library Association) list of recommended titles for "Adult New Readers" for 1993-97 as the comparative sample. All the libraries had titles from the sample, though there was considerable variance. Only one…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Comparative Analysis, Library Collections
Peer reviewedTilley, C. M. – International Library Review, 1984
Report on the role of public library services in adult literacy education highlights the nature of service clientele, literacy program development in the United States and Australia, literacy research projects, patterns of service, library collection development, and librarian training. Footnotes are given. (EJS)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adults
Laskowski, Nancy – 1993
This final performance report for The Free Library of Philadelphia's RDP (Reader Development Program) Tutor Orientation Project begins with a section that provides quantitative data. Actual accomplishments are then compared to the following project objectives for 1992-93: (1) provide information about RDP's advisory service to tutors and tutor…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Institutional Cooperation
