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Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:1202] New Grantees for LINCS Regional Technology Centers
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NIFL Announces New Grantees for LINCS Regional Technology Centers
NIFL has awarded five new LINCS (Literacy Information aNd Communication
System) Regional Technology Center grants. The grants are awarded for a
three-year period, which began on October 1, 2000.
LINCS Regional Technology Centers will work with the NIFL to:
1. Expand the LINCS network to include the broadest possible range of
national, state, and local partners.
2. Extend the knowledge and use of LINCS web sites, infrastructure,
resources, and services throughout the state and local adult education and
adult and family literacy community in each region.
3. Assist the adult education and adult and family literacy community
in integrating LINCS resources and new technology into teaching and staff
development.
4. Enhance the literacy field's electronic knowledge base by creating,
collecting, and organizing new high quality literacy information resources
on-line, especially locally developed materials.
The five new Regional Technology Centers are:
* Pennsylvania's ABLENet -- lead site for Eastern LINCS
* Ohio Literacy Resource Center -- lead site for Midwest LINCS
* Northwest Regional Literacy Resource Center -- lead site for
Northwest LINCS
* Center for Literacy Studies, lead site for Southern LINCS
* Peninsula Library System and State Literacy Resource Center of
California -- lead site for Western/Pacific LINCS
Each Regional Technology Center will be expected to build on the achievements
of the previous regional hub and to work in cooperation with a consortium of
partners and affiliates to:
1. Build new partnerships at the regional, state, and local level.
2. Implement a comprehensive regional training plan for the use of
LINCS and related technology. This plan is to result in the effective
integration of technology in teaching and learning.
3. Market LINCS resources and services widely to various potential
LINCS audiences, with a priority on adult education and adult and family
literacy practitioners.
4. Implement a regional plan to locate and organize high quality
resources, particularly for LINCS Special Collections, and to facilitate the
creation of new resources to meet target audiences' needs.
5. Connect increasing numbers of literacy stakeholders of all kinds --
researchers, practitioners, administrators, students, and policymakers.
6. Build evaluation tools and methods, based on the project's goals,
that will show the impact of LINCS use on improving professional development
and instruction.
7. Take maximum advantage of the strengths and unique capabilities of
the region.
Regional Technology Centers will work with each other and NIFL to coordinate
their activities and, when possible, carry out joint activities, in order to
maximize the total mount of resources available to LINCS and allow them to
have the greatest impact possible.
For more information on LINCS, contact Jaleh Behroozi at
<jbehroozi@nifl.gov <mailto:jbehroozi@nifl.gov> or 202/233-2039.
Jaleh Behroozi Soroui
LINCS Director
National Institute for Literacy
1775 I Street, Suite 730
Washington, DC. 20006
Phone 202/233-2039
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