Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
Media Staff | 29 |
Practitioners | 28 |
Teachers | 7 |
Administrators | 2 |
Policymakers | 2 |
Students | 2 |
Community | 1 |
Location
Massachusetts | 1 |
Michigan | 1 |
Minnesota | 1 |
Pennsylvania | 1 |
Texas | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Library Services and… | 3 |
Assessments and Surveys
Adult Performance Level | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Pearlmutter, Jane; Nelson, Paul – ALA Editions, 2012
Anyone at the helm of a small public library knows that every little detail counts. But juggling the responsibilities that are part and parcel of the job is far from easy. Finally, here's a handbook that includes everything administrators need to keep a handle on library operations, freeing them up to streamline and improve how the organization…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Public Libraries, Library Services, Budgeting
Knell, Suzanne; Scogins, Janet – 2000
Field-tested in libraries nationwide, the 13 strategies in this hands-on book are designed to help librarians create effective and accountable adult literacy programs. These step-by-step assessment tools will help in: identifying and evaluating the skill levels of learners; making program changes based on users' aptitudes; writing thorough and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Information Literacy
Johnson, Debra Wilcox; Edmonds, M. Leslie – 1990
This manual introduces the topic of family literacy programs in libraries and provides guidelines for libraries that are just getting started in family literacy programs as well as libraries that are further developing their existing programs. It is argued that illiteracy tends to be both intergenerational and cyclic, i.e., if a child's parents…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Family Environment, Family Literacy
District of Columbia Public Library, Washington, DC. – 1993
"A Feel for Books" is a book discussion series held for adult developing readers and their teachers and tutors. Students from various literacy programs serve as hosts for the five or six sessions held yearly, and project staff and tutors serve as facilitators. This resource book describes program activities and contains selected stories…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Books
Michigan Library, Lansing. – 1986
This handbook is designed to provide a comprehensive reference source about adult illiteracy for Michigan public librarians, whether or not they currently work with local literacy councils. Introductory material provides listings of members of the Michigan State Legislative Council and Library of Michigan Board of Trustees, and a listing of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Books
Steinfeld, Michael, Comp. – 1991
This compilation presents material related to a Library Literacy program, which was designed to collect, publish, and distribute the writing of new adult readers and whose target audience was students, teachers, tutors and librarians involved in library-based literacy programs in Massachusetts. The first part of the compilation presents the final…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Periodicals
Szudy, Thomas; Pritchard, Linda L., Ed. – 1988
This report presents the steps and actions that public libraries may take to begin to meet the needs for literacy training in their individual communities. Outlined are three major approaches that libraries can consider when addressing the literacy needs of their communities: (1) initiating a literacy program; (2) cooperating with an existing…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Community Education, Financial Support
Pursell, Frances Josephson – 1986
This book is an annotated bibliography of recommended print materials for English-speaking adults (18 years of age and over) reading at the seventh-grade level or below. More than 95 percent of the titles are paperbacks; hardbacks are indicated in the annotations. The titles are selected for their broad appeal to the general adult new reader. (All…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA. – 1994
This guide is designed to provide a resource on family literacy videotapes for programs in family literacy, adult basic education, and English as a Second Language serving parent populations. The guide provides information from the rating sheets of adult educators throughout Pennsylvania who volunteered their time and expertise in reviewing some…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Family Literacy
Mid-York Library System, Utica, NY. – 1988
Designed to provide a comprehensive literacy reference for public libraries, this handbook presents a glossary of terms, background information on functional literacy, and brief reviews of 14 additional topics: (1) literacy statistics; (2) adult performance levels; (3) the problem of adult education; (4) illiteracy generates itself; (5) about…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, High Interest Low Vocabulary Books
Malus, Susan – Library Journal, 1987
Describes the design, development, and implementation of an adult literacy program incorporating adult learning centers within the Brooklyn Public Library system. (CLB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Financial Support
Weibel, Marguerite Crowley – 1996
Written for teachers of adult literacy students and administrators of literacy programs, this book discusses a multitude of ways to use books appropriate for adult new readers. The book's first six chapters provide annotated lists of 639 books suitable for new readers, including titles, authors, dates, publishers, and suggested reading levels.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Citations (References)
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1990
The first section of this guide about literacy programs in Texas features background information about literacy, including a definition of literacy; literacy statistics; a fact sheet about literacy in the United States; developmental stages of literacy; Kohl's four stages of literacy; characteristics of successful programs; barriers to and methods…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Learning Disabilities, Library Material Selection
Weibel, Marguerite Crowley – 1984
This handbook for librarians and adult basic education (ABE) teachers examines existing and potential library-literacy connections. Chapter I discusses methods and criteria for selecting and evaluating books for new readers. Both readability levels and the quality of books are considered. The second chapter examines the library's general…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students
VanHorn, Barbara Hart; And Others – 1987
The result of interviews with literacy coordinators and library directors of literacy programs in representative libraries throughout Pennsylvania, this document encourages local libraries to develop adult literacy activities as an integral component of basic library service and provides program planners with guidelines and suggestions for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Advocacy, Basic Skills
Previous Page | Next Page ยป
Pages: 1 | 2