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A Reading Teacher's Dream Come True
Stauffer, Russell G. – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1970
A successful reading program may become a dream come true if a centralized school library with a qualified librarian is supplemental with first-class classroom libraries. (MF)
Descriptors: Individualized Reading, Instructional Materials, Library Services, Reading
Books Are Basic, Believe It or Not!
Cohen, S. Alan – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1976
Somehow we must convince "reading experts" that reading books--really curling up and silently digging through a real book--on school time is the newest and best teaching machine, kit, or workbook invented to teach children to read. We need librarians' help. (Author)
Descriptors: Books, Elementary Secondary Education, Library Role, Reading Instruction
Librarians in the All-School Reading Program
Herber, Harold L. – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1976
Proponents of the "all-school" reading program believe that reading skills should not be taught without also teaching the content of the material being read. The librarian can make a major contribution to this approach. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Librarians, Library Role
The Community Link: Libraries and the Literacy Volunteers of America
Haendle, Connie – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1976
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
Cleveland's Media Centers Go All Out for Reading
Portteus, Elnora M. – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1976
The reading program of the Cleveland Public Schools reinforces the concept that reading must be fostered in all content areas, in all classrooms, in all libraries and media centers, continuously. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Role
Getting Along With Reading Teachers
Fenwick, Sara Innis – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1970
Some of the stated needs of reading teachers include: more books where students can find them at arm's length, more open Door" hours, more help and time for individual students, more flexibility in borrowing rules, more books and other media relevant to the reading specialists, and more storytelling by librarians. (MF)
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Services, Reading, Reading Instruction
The Lively Learning Center and the Alert Librarian
Hunt, Lyman C. – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1970
Descriptors: Books, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Librarians
Brooklyn Public Library's Reading Program--21 Years Old and Going Strong
Keller, Richard L. – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1976
The reading improvement program of the Brooklyn public library includes students ranging from nonreaders up through postgraduate level. (PF)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Library Extension, Postsecondary Education
Literacy Librarian, Case Studies of Experiments in Dallas
Warren, Margaret – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1970
The Dallas Public Library offers special services that take the form of separate collections of materials for adults beginning to read, and for adults beginning to read in English; tours of the library for groups of adult basic-education students; and special bookmobile services to adult basic-education classes. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Case Studies, Librarians
The Reading Industry: Resources and Materials
Rice, Helen F. – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1970
This awareness survey lists resource materials which the teacher-librarian team may find useful in individualized Instruction. (MF)
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Individualized Reading, Library Materials, Publishing Industry