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Hughes, Rachel; Coffield, Deanne – 1993
This final performance report for the Bay County (Florida) Public Library literacy project begins with a section that provides quantitative data about: (1) the size of the community served; (2) type of project; (3) targeted populations; (4) tutoring methods used; (5) measurement of student progress; (6) printed items produced; and (7) total…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Expenditures, Federal Programs
Stead, Sharon – 1993
This final performance report for the Lewistown City Library L.E.A.R.N. (Let Every Adult Read Now!) literacy project begins with a section that provides quantitative data. The next section compares actual accomplishments to the following project goals for 1992-93: to serve a minimum of 25 adult literacy students within an 18-month period and to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Expenditures
Director, Elissa – 1993
This final performance report for the Libraries of Middlesex literacy project begins with a section that compares actual accomplishments to the following objectives for 1992-93: (1) recruit and enroll at least 150 new volunteers in Basic Reading of English as a Second Language (ESL) tutor training; (2) have at least 125 volunteers successfully…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Expenditures
Hansen, Janet – 1993
This final performance report for the Broward County Library Read Campaign literacy project begins with a section that provides quantitative data. The next section compares actual accomplishments to the following project objectives for 1992-93: (1) set up a literacy office in a branch library, located on the campus of a community college, by…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Expenditures
Gray, Colleen – 1993
This final performance report for the Eagle Valley Library District literacy project begins with a section that provides quantitative data. The next section compares actual accomplishments to the following objectives for 1992-93: (1) design and implement a literacy program that provides instruction to adults who wish to develop or improve reading,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Expenditures
Vern, Janet – 1993
This report describes and evaluates an adult literacy education program, Project LEAD (Literacy Education and Development), at the Adrian Public Library (Michigan). The project's objectives were to: recruit functionally illiterate adults and provide reading instruction to improve literacy skills; recruit and train 65 additional volunteer tutors…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Federal Programs, Library Services
Smith, Valinda C. – 1993
This final performance report for the Elizabeth Jones Library literacy project begins with a section that provides quantitative data. The next section compares actual accomplishments to the following project goals and related objectives for fiscal year 1992: (1) to provide a versatile workplace literacy program useful to any business in the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Expenditures
Nottingham, Sharon – 1993
A literacy project was a cooperative effort of the Onondaga County (New York) Public Library, Literacy Volunteers of Greater Syracuse, and Aurora (a private non-profit agency for the deaf) to establish a program to teach deaf adults to read. This report, which describes the project, begins with a section that provides quantitative data. The next…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Deafness
Hammond, Susan; Maio, Jean – 1993
This final performance report for the Pikes Peak Library District literacy project begins with a section that provides quantitative data. The next section compares actual accomplishments to the project goal and related objectives for 1993: to reduce obstacles to success of students enrolled in the Right To Read program through student…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Beginning Writing, Expenditures
Willis, Roni L. – 1993
This final performance report provides project outcome information and data to the U.S. Department of Education for the federally-funded Library Literacy Program. The West Georgia Regional Library conducted a project from October 1992 until September 1993 that involved collection development and providing tutoring services to adult learners in a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Federal Programs
Coker, Peg – 1993
This final performance report for the St. Charles Public Library and Literacy Volunteers of America-Fox Valley literacy project begins with a section that provides quantitative data. The next section presents a summary of activities during 1993 based the following project goals and related objectives: (1) increase visibility to attract students…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Expenditures
Rosenthal, Diane J. – 1993
The Saturday Writing Workshop Course, a project of The New York Public Library, targeted Adult Basic Education (ABE) students who are unable to attend classes during the week and who are inexperienced writers who are closed out of traditional literacy/ABE programs because they have advanced reading skills. The project served a community of over…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Holtslander, Linda – 1993
This final performance report for the Loudoun County Public Library literacy project begins with a section that provides quantitative data. The next section compares actual accomplishments to the major project objective: to create a non-threatening learning environment at the Transitional Housing Center (THC), a residential homeless shelter.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Reed, Susan L. – 1993
This final performance report provides project outcome information and data to the U.S. Department of Education for the federally-funded Library Literacy Program. The Pawtucket Public Library (Rhode Island) conducted a project that provided literacy services to English as a Second Language (ESL) learners. The project served a community of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Ladd, Joan; Rockwell, Connie – 1993
During the fiscal year 1992-1993, the Fort Collins Public Library (Colorado) conducted a project that involved the recruitment of tutors and adult learners, public awareness, training, and collection development. The project served a community of over 200,000 people, and had a target population of the local minority population, with an emphasis on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Federal Programs