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Literacy

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America Reads: National campaign aiming to promote literacy throughout America. Suggests how families, educators, communities, and colleges and universities might encourage reading amongst young people, and resources designed to help children develop literacy skills themselves are also provided.
Author: US Department of Education
Subjects: child development, literacy, united states education
DeweyClass: 370
Resource type: documents
Basic Skills Agency: National development agency which aims to improve basic skills. Its activities include funding research and demonstration projects, publishing teaching and learning resources, and running a free national telephone referral service to help adults join basic skills classes.
Author: Basic Skills Agency
Subjects: key skills, lifelong learning, literacy
DeweyClass: 374
Resource type: institution
Book Aid International: Charity founded in 1954 by Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly as a response to a book shortage in the Bahamas. Now works in partnership with organisations in developing countries to support their work in literacy, education, training and publishing by providing books and other reading materials.
Author: Book Aid International
Subjects: library organisations, literacy
DeweyClass: 020.6
Resource type: institution
Book Trust: Independent educational charity founded to promote books and reading and to encourage readers of all ages and cultures to discover and enjoy books. Offers information on children's books, books in the news, literary prizes, its publications, and Bookstart, a project that promotes the introduction of children to books at an early age.
Author: Book Trust
Subjects: children's books, literacy
DeweyClass: 002
Resource type: institution
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Collection of reviews of children's books, ideas for how to use them in the classroom, and articles on teaching children to read and write. A free quarterly newsletter, from 1996 to present, is available online or can be emailed on request.
Author: Hurst, Carol
Subjects: children's books, children's literature, literacy
DeweyClass: 808.899
Resource type: documents
Children's Book Council: Non-profit trade organisation founded in 1945 which is dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use and enjoyment of children's books.
Author: Children's Book Council
Subjects: children's books, literacy
DeweyClass: 002
Resource type: documents
Computer Adaptive Testing Project: Research project funded by the US Department of Education's International Studies and Research Program whose goal is to develop a cost-effective, accurate, and flexible means to assess students' reading proficiency and diagnostic tests in French, German, and Spanish using a computer adaptive approach.
Author: University of Minnesota
Subjects: educational assessment, language learning, literacy
DeweyClass: 407
Resource type: documents
Ethnologue Language Database: United Kingdom: A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in the United Kingdom, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
Subjects: language distribution, literacy, united kingdom
DeweyClass: 409.41
Resource type: document
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Guidelines on the effective use of English grammar. Includes definitions of sentence parts, comma usage and other punctuation marks, plurals and possessives, spelling, nouns and modifiers, and spelling and abbreviations. Also provides a hyperlinked index of topics, interactive quizzes, and PowerPoint presentations.
Author: Darling, Charles, Capital Community-Technical College
Subjects: english language education, literacy, writing skills
DeweyClass: 425
Resource type: guide
IFLA Guidelines for Library-based Literacy Programs: Document prepared by the IFLA Reading Section offering practical suggestions for library staff keen to promote literacy. Tips on how to select material for literacy based programs and ideas on how to encourage involvement of the community and other interested parties are given. Also advises on staff training methods and provides a checklist for evaluating existing programs.
Author: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
Subjects: literacy
DeweyClass: 374.0124
Resource type: guide
Literacy Time: An online magazine designed to encourage children's reading. Various personalities share their favourite books and reading habits, titles are suggested for reading aloud to different age groups covering issues such as bereavement and bullying, museum and library activities are included, and ideas are given for involving parents in the development of literacy.
Author: National Grid for Learning
Subjects: children's literature, literacy
DeweyClass: 371.1
Resource type: magazine
Little Explorers: Educational resource designed for young children. Includes a picture dictionary available in English, Spanish, and French. Also features resources on dinosaurs and whales and offers a collection of nursery rhymes.
Author: Enchanted Learning Software
Subjects: children's books, literacy
DeweyClass: 372
Resource type: guide
National Literacy Trust: Information about the trust and other initiatives such as the Reading is Fundamental project. Includes selected articles from the journal Literacy Today, and a database of books, articles and statistics.
Author: National Literacy Trust
Subjects: educational methods, educational policy, literacy
DeweyClass: 372
Resource type: institution
National Year of Reading: Ideas for promoting reading, plus details of publicity events and initiatives for the National Year of Reading 1998-99.
Author: National Literacy Trust
Subjects: literacy
DeweyClass: 372
Resource type: documents
Oxford Reading Tree: The most popular reading programme in the UK for primary school children.
Author: Oxford University Press
Subjects: children's books, literacy
DeweyClass: 372
Resource type: productinfo
Parents and Children Together Online: Magazine aiming to further the cause of family literacy by bringing parents and children together through the magic of reading. It features original stories and articles for children, suitable for reading aloud. A section for parents features articles on issues related to children's reading and writing and book reviews of recent children's literature.
Author: ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication
Subjects: book reviews, children's books, literacy
DeweyClass: 372
Resource type: magazine
Scottish Book Trust: Charity providing a range of initiatives and resources related to books and reading, including the Book Information Service, Writers in Scotland scheme, Now Read On, and National Poetry Day. Offers an online writers register which gives lists of works and contact details for over 100 Scottish authors.
Author: Scottish Book Trust
Subjects: book studies, literacy
DeweyClass: 002
Resource type: institution
What is Information Literacy??: Collection of articles discussing information literacy in an educational context.
Author: York College, Pennsylvania
Subjects: library and information science education, literacy
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: article collection