Received: from hostserver.merit.edu (hostserver.merit.edu [35.1.1.98]) by literacy (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA12850 for <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov>; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 13:55:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from LOCALNAME by hostserver.merit.edu (8.7.6/hostsrvr-1.1) id NAA29074; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 13:56:28 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 13:56:28 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199611191856.NAA29074@hostserver.merit.edu> X-Sender: vwatson@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov From: "Virginia L. Watson" <vwatson@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu> Subject: Re: Input requested for new NIFL Initiative Status: RO X-Status: At 10:58 AM 11/19/96 -0500, you wrote: >Meg, How does this project tie in with the LINCS/Hub project by NIFL where >we are placing products online for practitioners? Jean > > > >At 10:57 AM 11/8/96 -0500, you wrote: >> Input Needed in Developing new NIFL initiative >> >> The National Institute for Literacy would like to expand the resources >> of the literacy field by publishing and widely disseminating some of >> the work that has been produced by literacy practitioners, >> researchers, and other interested parties. This new opportunity will >> cover all publishing and dissemination costs for any chosen products, >> but does not have any direct financial reimbursement. >> >> Before soliciting products for review, the NIFL would like to hear >> from the literacy field: >> >> z What materials do you most need? >> >> z Do you wish you had more information on a specific literacy topic >> (ESL, Corrections, Family, etc.)? On local program issues? On policy >> work? More stories by and for students? On the connection of literacy >> to other vital social issues? >> >> If this publishing program is to be a success, we need to make sure >> we're meeting the needs of the field -- and we wnat you to tell us >> what those needs are! Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you! >> >> Please share your ideas and suggestions with >> Meg Young >> National Institute for Literacy >> 800 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 200 >> Washington DC 20006 >> >> myoung@nifl.gov >> >> >> >Jean J. Stephens, Director >Ohio Literacy Resource Center >414 White Hall, Kent State University >Kent, OH 44242 >330-672-2007 >330-672-4841 (fax) > > Dear Meg... This looks like duplication of effort to me. Why are we continuing to increase hard copy resource sharing at the same time we are attempting to maximize technology via the HUB project so that dissemination of materials, resources, etc. is delivered in new and more efficient ways. I would ask two questions: did your do any field survey as to whether this project is needed? And, if NIFL does go ahead with it, how does it integrate with the HUB project? You should also know that many states are already publishing materials you describe in your project. Virginia Watson>
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