Literacy and Libraries: Learning from Case Studies
Contributions from library directors, program administrators, tutors, librarians, and adult learners offer insight on adult literacy programs in libraries. Early chapters provide an empirical framework for examining adult literacy in libraries, while subsequent chapters tell the stories of program staff in large and small libraries, in urban and rural communities, meeting the educational needs of English-language speakers and speakers of other languages. Other chapters explore the integration...
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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Gloria's Story: "She Wanted Me to Be Somebody": A Learner in a Library Literacy Program in Hawai'i12"I Know This Is the Place for Me": Stories of Library Literacy Learners and Programs63A Place in the World: Building a Learner-Centered Participatory Literacy Program164Relearning Literacy and Leadership in a Library-Based Literacy Program305Charting the Course for Learner Leadership406Whole Literacy in Playmouth: Literacy as a Library Service527Literacy, Diversity, and Learners608Project READ: Redwood City Public Library659A Rural Public Library Literacy Program7310Theme-Based Instruction and Tutor Training at the New York Public Library Centers for Reading and Writing8511No Simple Answers9112Creating a Community of Readers to Fight Functional Illiteracy9713Serving This Community10614Teaching Adult Literacy in a Multicultural Environment11015Literacy and Technology: Thinking through the Process11616The Brooklyn Public Library and Technology for Literacy12417Computer Skills and Literacy13518Another Divide: Low-Literacy Adults and the New Technology14119Public Library Literacy Programs: A Blueprint for the Future14620The American Library Association's Literacy Initiatives: History and Hope15421Bridging the Information Chasm: ALA's Office for Literacy and Outreach Services15922Coda: Word167Bibliography171Contributors175
