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Peer reviewedHansen, Andrew M. – RQ, 1995
The history of the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) of the American Library Association is traced from the creation of the individual adult and reference service divisions through the merger that formed RASD. Focuses on the origin, structure, and activities of the division and on the individuals responsible for the development of RASD.…
Descriptors: Activities, Adults, Library Collections, Library Development
Download full textCrosby, Barbara S. – 1992
This summative evaluation of the Public Library Services to Disadvantaged Populations Grant program describes how the grant program is meeting its stated objectives, how it is contributing to library development in Texas, and how Texas State Library activities and policy impact the program. The Texas State Library initiated this grant program with…
Descriptors: Adults, Disadvantaged, Eligibility, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedMoore, Matthew S. – Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences, 1997
Defines book display as an adult service as choosing and positioning adult books from the library collection to increase their circulation. The author contrasts bookstore arrangement for sales versus library arrangement for access, including contrasting missions, genre grouping, weeding, problems, and dimensions. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adults, Books, Bookstores
Calcasieu Parish Library, Lake Charles, LA. – 1989
The purpose of the Calcasieu Parish (Louisiana) literacy project was twofold: (1) to pool the resources of the existing local adult education agencies in the area; and (2) to perpetuate the advancement of literacy in the area by bringing together adult education students, qualified volunteer tutors, and needed adult education materials in an…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adults
Chicago Public Library North Austin Branch [Literacy Program]. Final Performance Report for 1988-89.
Chicago 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
Peer reviewedMurray, J.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1995
Users (n=148) of an audio book library were surveyed to collect data for formulating a policy on development of the library's collection. The survey found a broad range of reading interests among users and differences in preferred genres of fiction between men and women. Policy changes made based on survey results are discussed. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Adults, Library Collection Development, Library Policy, Library Services
