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Scotland County Memorial Library, Laurinburg, NC. – 1989
An intergenerational literacy program designed to help adults learn to read to their children or grandchildren, called PACT (Parent and Child Together), was conducted by the Scotland County (North Carolina) Memorial Library. The project trained two tutors in the storybook method of teaching reading and also gave the essentials of the method to two…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Family Literacy
Cole, Lucy; Fraser, Ruth – 1994
The Columbia County Public Library (Lake City, Florida) conducted a project that involved recruitment, retention, public awareness, training, basic literacy, collection development, tutoring, computer- assisted, other technology, intergenerational/family, and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. The project served a community of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language)
LaDuke, Caryl – 1994
The Adult Reading Program, a project of the Mesa County Public Library District (Grand Junction, Colorado), involved recruitment, retention, coalition building, public awareness, training, rural oriented, basic literacy, collection development, tutoring, employment oriented, intergenerational/family, and English as a Second Language (ESL)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Community Cooperation
Smyth, Carol B.; Grannell, Dorothy S.; Moore, Miriam – 1994
The Literacy Resource Center project, a program of the Wayne Township Public Library also known as the Morrisson-Reeves Library (Richmond, Indiana), involved recruitment, retention, coalition building, public awareness, training, basic literacy, collection development, tutoring, computer-assisted, other technology, employment oriented,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Community Cooperation
Miller, Rosanne – 1993
The Orange Public Library (California) conducted a project that involved recruitment, retention, coalition building, public awareness, training, basic literacy, collection development, tutoring, intergenerational/family, and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. The project served a community of 100,000-200,000 and targeted…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Educational Cooperation
Campbell, Dottie C.; Wilson, Kathleen – 2001
This document is designed to help literacy practitioners and others promote and establish family literacy programs to prepare adult learners in South Carolina for their roles as parents, workers, health consumers, and citizens. The rationale for promoting family literacy is explained. The following topics are discussed: a design for family…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum