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Download full textCasey, Genevieve M., Ed. – 1972
The objectives of this three day seminar were to increase the knowledge about the functionally illiterate adult and his characteristics, research about non-reading adults, materials available for them, public library services and programs for illiterate adults as well as basic adult education activities offered by schools and other community…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Conference Reports
Peer reviewedScates, Denni Kay – Public Libraries, 1999
Investigates how the needs of adult new readers are being met in five North Texas public library systems using the PLA's (Public Library Association) list of recommended titles for "Adult New Readers" for 1993-97 as the comparative sample. All the libraries had titles from the sample, though there was considerable variance. Only one…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Comparative Analysis, Library Collections
