Literacy for All:  Advocacy, Libraries, and Literacy


LIVE WEBCAST SUMMIT


 


Sponsored by the National Institute for Literacy in partnership with the
American Library Association's (ALA) Committee on Literacy


 


DATE & TIME


Tues., April 7, 2009 


1- 2:30 P.M. (EDT) 


 

EVENT 

The most pivotal activity in a person's life is learning to read.  Literacy
skills open the doors to social and economic success in a rapidly changing
and challenging world.

 

Today, literacy means more than reading. Being literate means knowing when
information is needed and having the ability to locate, evaluate and
effectively use it. 
Literacy is also a lifelong activity in which libraries play a crucial role
by providing essential resources and expertise.

 

The Summit will showcase innovative literacy-library partnerships, promote
community solutions, issue a call to action, and more. 

 

PANELISTS 

Daniel J. Miller, Acting Director, National Institute for Literacy

Jim Rettig, American Library Association President

Camila Alire, American Library Association President-Elect

 

Other panelists include: Camila Alire, American Library Association
president-elect; Sandra O. Newell, chair, ALA Committee on Literacy; Dinah
O'Brien, director of community resources, Plymouth (Mass.) Public Library;
Mark Pumphrey, director, Polk County (N.C.) Public Library; Stacey Nickell,
director of library services, West Kentucky Community & Technical College,
Paducah, Ky., Terri Kirk, librarian, Reidland High School, Paducah, Ky. and
Dale Lipschultz, literacy officer, American Library Association

 

REGISTRATION

Go to: http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/webcasts/literacyforall09/webcast0407.html 

 

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Kaye Beall

Project Director

World Education

6760 West Street

Linn Grove, IN 46711

765-717-3942

kaye_beall at worlded.org

www.worlded.org

 

 

 

 

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