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PDF pending restorationRawles, Beverly – 1975
In order to make disadvantaged adults aware of the resources of their public library, library tours for adult basic education classes and other groups are suggested. After a rationale for the tours and a description of tour clientele, guidelines are given for tour planning and arrangements, student preparation, transportation, refreshments,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Disadvantaged, Guides
Download full textMorehead State Univ., KY. Appalachian Adult Education Center. – 1973
The Appalachian Adult Education Center (AAEC) conducted a study of the services of two institutions, public libraries and public schools, serving disadvantaged adults in cooperation. The study was conducted at four AAEC centers in Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The problems explored included information needs of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Involvement, Disadvantaged
Fort Berthold Reservation Public Library, New Town, ND. – 1992
The report describes activities of the Fort Berthold Reservation Public Library (North Dakota) Literacy Program to meet six objectives for the 1988-89 project year. The program was designed specifically to promote literacy among three Native American tribes, the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara. Objectives included acquisition of a library literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Advertising, American Indians, Cultural Awareness
Eyster, George W. – 1975
Volume 2 presents the background and methodology of four state institute projects (Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, West Virginia) designed to expand public library services to disadvantaged adults, and also provides a description of the national, state, and local dissemination activities of the seven library/Adult Basic Education demonstration…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Annual Reports, Community Information Services
Sarkodie-Mensah, Kwasi, Ed. – 2000
This book offers approaches for teaching adult patrons how and where to find information in libraries and through information services. It includes 34 papers, organized in seven sections, expressing the views of faculty, adult students, and administrators as well as librarians on theories of educational psychology that explain how adults learn.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, College Faculty, Computer Attitudes
Maravilla, Virginia – 1993
The Lowell Public Library (Indiana) Adult Literacy Program expanded literacy efforts of the library and its volunteer tutors by increasing the program enrollment numbers of the functionally illiterate English-speaking, English as a Second Language (ESL), migrant workers, and Basic Math students; assisted students in achieving their stated goals in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
