The Community Link: Libraries and the Literacy Volunteers of America.

Haendle, Connie

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Publication Date: 1976

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The Community Link: Libraries and the Literacy Volunteers of America

Haendle, Connie

Wilson Library Bulletin, 50, 9, 731-3, May 76

Librarians in Stamford, Waterbury, Syracuse, and Southbridge (Massachusetts) are all involved in a program called Literacy Volunteers of America. This private nonprofit agency has one overriding concern, and that is to help adults and teenagers who are inadequate readers, or "functional illiterates." (Author)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Library Extension, Public Libraries, Reading Instruction, Tutors, Volunteers

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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts

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