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Main Author: Klingberg, Susan
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1978
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED163939
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contents The Role of the Public Library in Non-Traditional Education. Klingberg, Susan Adult Basic Education Foreign Countries Information Systems Information Utilization Library Material Selection Library Role Nontraditional Students Program Descriptions Public Libraries The historical and contemporary involvement of the public library in non-traditional education is presented with the focus on adult basic education. Although most of the programs cited are in the United States, frequent references are made to international applications as described in United Nations reports and foreign case studies. Information about the financing of these programs includes a chapter on the involvement of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The future of the public library involvement in non-traditional education is discussed from a prescriptive rather than descriptive point of view, and a 29 item bibliography is provided. (JVP)
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spellingShingle The Role of the Public Library in Non-Traditional Education.
Klingberg, Susan
Adult Basic Education
Foreign Countries
Information Systems
Information Utilization
Library Material Selection
Library Role
Nontraditional Students
Program Descriptions
Public Libraries
The Role of the Public Library in Non-Traditional Education. Klingberg, Susan Adult Basic Education Foreign Countries Information Systems Information Utilization Library Material Selection Library Role Nontraditional Students Program Descriptions Public Libraries The historical and contemporary involvement of the public library in non-traditional education is presented with the focus on adult basic education. Although most of the programs cited are in the United States, frequent references are made to international applications as described in United Nations reports and foreign case studies. Information about the financing of these programs includes a chapter on the involvement of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The future of the public library involvement in non-traditional education is discussed from a prescriptive rather than descriptive point of view, and a 29 item bibliography is provided. (JVP)
title The Role of the Public Library in Non-Traditional Education.
topic Adult Basic Education
Foreign Countries
Information Systems
Information Utilization
Library Material Selection
Library Role
Nontraditional Students
Program Descriptions
Public Libraries
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED163939