21st Century Literacy @ Your Library™
Submitted by maggie on Tue, 2007/05/15 - 6:34pm.
21st Century Literacyi @ your library™
Why Literacy | Why Libraries | Why ALA | What You Can Do | A Sampling of ALA Resources | Contacts
“In our urban areas, small cities, and towns, the greatest resource for literacy is the public library. Moreover, it is through the public library and itsi communityi involvement and staff commitment that change happens in so many lives.”—Dinah O’Brien, director, Plymouth (Mass.) Public Literacy & Libraries: Learning from Case Studies
21st Century Literacy is one of five key action areas adopted by the American Library Association to fulfill its mission of providing the highest quality library and information services for all people. Helping children and adults develop skills they need to fully participate in an information society—whether it’s learning to read or explore the Internet—is central to that mission. This brochure highlights ALA’s activitiesi in this area and invites your support.
More information at: http://www.ala.org/ala/proftools/21centurylit/21stcenturyliteracy.htm
