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Automating Literacy: A Challenge for Libraries

by Linda Main
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780313275289
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Greenwood Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Greenwood Press
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  • Pages: 144
  • Original Price: GBP 70.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 331 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Library & Information Science / General and General

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.

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.

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