Automating Literacy: A Challenge for Libraries
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Automating Literacy: A Challenge for Libraries
By (Author) Linda Main
By (author) Char Whitaker
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
24th April 1991
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Library and information services
IT, Internet and electronic resources in libraries
Computer science
025.52774
Physical Properties
Hardback
144
Description
This volume is a "how-to" guide to the use of computers in library-based literacy programmes. Taking as a point of departure the fact that commitment to literacy training has become an integral part of the libraries' efforts to offer everyone equal access to information, Linda Main and Char Whitaker provide a study of the efficacious role the computer can play in achieving this objective. The problems and successes associated with the introduction of computers into literacy programmes in libraries, as well as the accompanying issues of 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 to the rewards and challenges facing librarians, professional educators and literacy programme directors in the future. Appendices provide country-wide information on libraries currently involved in automating literacy.
Reviews
. . . Fighting illiteracy is a battle that is continually being waged and for those libraries that wish to become more involved, this book is a way to begin the process.-Public Library Quarterly
." . . Fighting illiteracy is a battle that is continually being waged and for those libraries that wish to become more involved, this book is a way to begin the process."-Public Library Quarterly
Author Bio
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.
