Automating Literacy
A Challenge for Libraries
Published on 24. April 1991
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-0-313-27528-9 (ISBN)
Description
This volume is a how-to guide to the use of computers in library-based adult literacy programs. Since the commitment to literacy training has become an integral part of libraries' efforts to offer equal access to information, Linda Main and Char Whitaker provide a comprehensive study of the efficacious role the computer can play in achieving this objective.
The problems and successes associated with the introduction of computers into library literacy programs, as well as financial requirements, space, furniture, training, and the effect on other library operations are central to the study. The text also features a design for an ideal computerized literacy lab, an overview of compatible software, both existing and proposed, and a look at the rewards and challenges facing librarians, professional educators, and literacy program directors in the future. Appendixes provide country-wide information on libraries currently involved in automating literacy, main suppliers of literacy software, and consulting personnel.
The problems and successes associated with the introduction of computers into library literacy programs, as well as financial requirements, space, furniture, training, and the effect on other library operations are central to the study. The text also features a design for an ideal computerized literacy lab, an overview of compatible software, both existing and proposed, and a look at the rewards and challenges facing librarians, professional educators, and literacy program directors in the future. Appendixes provide country-wide information on libraries currently involved in automating literacy, main suppliers of literacy software, and consulting personnel.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-27528-9 (9780313275289)
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Persons
LINDA MAIN is Assistant Professor at San Jose State University, where she specializes in automated library system education. She is the author of articles in Library Software Review, Special Libraries, the Journal of Information Science, and has presented several conference papers.
CHAR WHITAKER, M.A., MLS, is the acquisitions/automation librarian at College of the Desert Community College in Palm Desert, California. She has presented conference papers and authored articles on library technology.
CHAR WHITAKER, M.A., MLS, is the acquisitions/automation librarian at College of the Desert Community College in Palm Desert, California. She has presented conference papers and authored articles on library technology.
Content
Preface Literacy--What's Happening? Enter the Computer into Library Literacy Programs Implications of the Computerization of Library-based Literacy Programs Literacy Software: Implementation for Creative Learning, Part I Literacy Software: Implementation for Creative Learning, Part II The "Ideal" Computerized Literacy Lab in the Library The Process of the Future: Literacy in the Library in the Year 2000 Appendix 1: Libraries Using Computers in Adult Literacy Programs Appendix 2: Foundations Which Support the Use of Computers in Library-Based Adult Literacy Programs Appendix 3: Adult Literacy and Technology Project Consultants Appendix 4: Main Suppliers of Literacy Software Suitable for Adults Bibliography Index