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Literacy and Libraries: Learning from Case Studies » (New Edition)

Authors: GraceAnne A. DeCandido (Editor), Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Staff
ISBN-13: 9780838935163, ISBN-10: 0838935168
Format: Paperback
Publisher: American Library Association
Date Published: June 2001
Edition: New Edition

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
1	Gloria's Story: "She Wanted Me to Be Somebody": A Learner in a Library Literacy Program in Hawai'i	1
2	"I Know This Is the Place for Me": Stories of Library Literacy Learners and Programs	6
3	A Place in the World: Building a Learner-Centered Participatory Literacy Program	16
4	Relearning Literacy and Leadership in a Library-Based Literacy Program	30
5	Charting the Course for Learner Leadership	40
6	Whole Literacy in Playmouth: Literacy as a Library Service	52
7	Literacy, Diversity, and Learners	60
8	Project READ: Redwood City Public Library	65
9	A Rural Public Library Literacy Program	73
10	Theme-Based Instruction and Tutor Training at the New York Public Library Centers for Reading and Writing	85
11	No Simple Answers	91
12	Creating a Community of Readers to Fight Functional Illiteracy	97
13	Serving This Community	106
14	Teaching Adult Literacy in a Multicultural Environment	110
15	Literacy and Technology: Thinking through the Process	116
16	The Brooklyn Public Library and Technology for Literacy	124
17	Computer Skills and Literacy	135
18	Another Divide: Low-Literacy Adults and the New Technology	141
19	Public Library Literacy Programs: A Blueprint for the Future	146
20	The American Library Association's Literacy Initiatives: History and Hope	154
21	Bridging the Information Chasm: ALA's Office for Literacy and Outreach Services	159
22	Coda: Word	167
	Bibliography	171
	Contributors	175