Monthly Archive for January, 2017

UNESCO policy on using libraries to support national literacy efforts

18 January 2017 – Editor

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning developed a policy brief on Using Libraries to Support National Literacy Efforts. The policy brief examines the role of libraries in supporting lifelong literacy. It looks at how libraries nurture early literacy skills up to advanced levels of literacy proficiency, and the need for […]

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Categories: Literacy | Closed

International Literacy Association List of Hot Topics

11 January 2017 – Editor

For the past 20 years, ILA has published the annual What’s Hot in Literacy survey findings to take the temperature of the literacy dialogue and to note the changing trends from year to year. The key findings are listed at http://literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/resource-documents/whats-hot-2017-top-takeaways.pdf?sfvrsn=4 The full details are available at http://literacyworldwide.org/whatshot

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Section CFP for WLIC 2017

6 January 2017 – Editor

Literacy and Reading Section: Call for Proposals            Theme: Literacy Matters: It takes a community to raise a reader – building a nation of readers and creating a reading culture.          This session is cosponsored by the IFLA Literacy and Reading Section in partnership with the Children’s and Young […]

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