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| Language: | en |
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1994
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED416879 |
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- Cuyahoga County Public Library, Final Performance Report for Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) Title VI, Library Literacy Program. Cook, Vivian Adams Adult Basic Education Adult Learning Adult Literacy Community Cooperation Family Literacy Federal Programs Grants Library Collection Development Library Role Literacy Education Public Libraries Publicity User Needs (Information) Volunteer Training Volunteers The Cuyahoga County Public Library (Parma, Ohio) conducted a project that involved recruitment, coalition building, public awareness, training, collection development, and intergenerational/family programs. The program, Bringing Up Readers: Family Literacy Program, was successful in encouraging and promoting family reading, community cooperation, awareness, and responsiveness through library-sponsored programs. The project served a community of over 200,000 people, and targeted intergenerational/families and adult basic literacy and education students. Ninety-three adult learners participated in the literacy program. The report provides a comparison of actual accomplishments to goals and objectives set forth in the grant application; comparison between proposed and actual expenditures; specific details of activities undertaken; the role the library played in the accomplishment of the goals and objectives; agencies and organizations that assisted in the project; and the impact of the federal project on the ongoing program of the library. Appendices include: advisory board member contact information; family reading program material; "Demographics: The Census and the Library;" independent contractor agreement; list of trained program facilitators; table of age, education, and social characteristics of Cuyahoga County residents; "Directory of Adult Community and Continuing Education Resources in Cuyahoga County;" and literacy program materials and evaluation forms. (SWC)