I'd like to add the Network for Workplace, Language, Literacy and Numeracy

		ABOUT THE NETWORK

		The Network for Workplace Language, Literacy and Numeracy (The Network) is a national, self-funding and not-for-profit, national membership organisation, based at Lancaster University. 
		It has a mission is to develop and support stakeholders responsible for quality strategic operational enhancement of language, literacy and numeracy in the workplace.
		The Network has been established for over ten years working successfully with international, national (UK) & regional agencies to assist the development and management of workplace language, literacy and numeracy through six strategic aims:

			*	To maximise national Networking Partnerships and Operations
			*	To provide responsive local and regional development expertise
			*	To further the Continuing Professional Development of stakeholders
			*	To provide Advice, Guidance and Consultancy 
			*	To contribute to Policy formulation 
			*	To engage in Research activity

Check out the very useful website  www.thenetwork.co.uk   for sections on resources, media, conferences and seminars, professional development, case studies and projects. The Network also has a provider toolkit, which is currently being expanded to be of even more help to providers, again check this out on the web.


Sandra Pegum




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Colleagues,

On November 9, 2005 I wrote:

"Many adult literacy and English language learning practitioners turn  
to this electronic list to find knowledge and wisdom, and to get  
answers to specific professional questions.  We also have other ways  
of finding knowledge.  We learn from our experience and that of our  
colleagues. We read certain journals, magazines and newspapers, we  
seek out opinions from reputable  sources, and we try to find the  
best research which addresses our question or problem.  So, here's my  
question:

How do you find answers to your adult literacy and English language  
learning questions?"

You will find a compilation of responses to the question below, by  
information medium type :

David J. Rosen
Adult Literacy Advocate
DJRosen at theworld.com

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DATABASES and ONLINE LIBRARIES

•  The National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) Literacy Information  
and Communications System ( LINCS) , which has special collections,  
four comprehensive search engines (LINCSearch), discussion forums  
9electronic lists), online documents and archives  http:// 
www.nifl.gov/lincs/

• The (Canadian) National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) and its  
online documents and archives http://www.nald.ca/

• The NIACE (UK) National Institute for Adult and Continuing  
Education.  This and  the National Literacy Trust are web sites with  
links to research studies, reports and recently published books.  
http://www.niace.org.uk/

• The Centre for Literacy. Montreal, Quebec. http:// 
www.centreforliteracy.qc.ca/
Library catalog: http://www.centreforliteracy.qc.ca/library/intro.htm

• AlphPlus Centre. Toronto Ontario. http://alphaplus.ca/eng.asp
AlphaPlus offers “an extensive physical library collection as well as  
an ever-growing online collection of literacy research. They are a  
repository for all Ontario field development projects and research  
funded by the Literacy and Basic Skills section of the Ontario  
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. AlphaPlus also  
maintains a number of public discussion forums where literacy  
resources are shared, event notices are posted and general questions  
and dialogue for the literacy community is maintained.”  Kim  
Falcigno, Literacy Project Researcher/Consultant, thunder Bay, Ontario.

• The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy  
(NCSALL) Web site and its hard copy publications http://ncsall.net

• Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) Database http:// 
www.eric.ed.gov/

•  Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN). Although this is  
a California-based organization, its web site is accessible to people  
outside the state and it has a library of online adult literacy  
education documents.  http://www.otan.us/

• PDK knowledge databases http://www.literacy.org/pdk/

• Workforceusa.net.  They pull together resources on many workforce- 
related topics.  The link to the adult ed page is --
http://www.workforceusa.net/search.php? 
PHPSESSID=a695aff0dd637483946eced 103cea36d&search_keyword=adult 
+education
or you can try this short version  http://tinyurl.com/examb

WIKIS
• The Adult Literacy Education Wiki  http://wiki.literacytent.org
• The Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

ONLINE COURSES
• Verizon Literacy Campus http://www.literacycampus.org/

WEB SITES
• CAAL http://www.caalusa.org/
• CAELA http://www.cal.org/caela/
• CAL  http://www.cal.org/
• CALPRO http://www.calpro-online.org/
• CLASP http://www.clasp.org/
• Correctional Education Association  http://www.ceanational.org/
• Culture Orientation Resource Center  http:// 
www.culturalorientation.net/
• International Reading Association (IRA) http://ira.org/
• National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) Practitioner Toolkit
    http://www.famlit.org/Publications/Practitioner-Toolkit-ELL.cfm/
• Public/Private Ventures http://www.ppv.org/index.asp/
• Statistics Canada http://www.statcan.ca/
• TESOL http://www.tesol.org/
• The Hub at Literacy BC http://www2.literacy.bc.ca/electric.htm/
• The Knowledge Loom http://knowledgeloom.org/index.jsp/
• USDOE http://www.ed.gov/
• State DOE web sites (FL, OH, ME, MA, and others)
• Litlink/PBS http://litlink.ket.org/
• ProLiteracy Worldwide http://www.proliteracy.org

  NEWSLETTERS
• EdWeek (weekly newsletter) http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html
• Public education Network (PEN) http://www.publiceducation.org/

ELECTRONIC LISTS/DISCUSSION FORUMS
• TESL_L
• English Language (NIFL_ESL)
• ASCD
• CALL- Center for Adult Learning and Literacy at UMaine-Orono


NEWSPAPERS (INCLUDING ONLINE NWSPAPERS)

BOOKS

LIBRARY SYSTEMS

LIBRARIES OF AGENCIES PROVIDING ADULT EDUCATION

JOURNALS
• COABE Journal http://www.coabe.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=journal
• Reading Research Quarterly http://www.reading.org/publications/ 
journals/rrq/
• Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy http://www.reading.org/ 
publications/journals/jaal/
• Journal of Literacy Research http://www.nrconline.org/jlr/archive/
• Adult Education Quarterly http://aeq.sagepub.com/
• Focus on Basics http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=31
• New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education http:// 
www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-ACE.html
• TESOL Quarterly http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/seccss.asp? 
CID=209&DID=1679
• TESOL Journal http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/seccss.asp?CID=255&DID=1727
• Literacies, a recent Canadian journal published in British Columbia  
in print and online.  It includes an online discussion forum where  
topics from the most            current edition are discussed. http:// 
www.literacyjournal.ca/readers.html
• Essential Teacher http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/sec_document.asp? 
CID=206&DID=1134

• CATESOL Journal http://www.catesol.org/cjguidelines.html
• Adult Education Journal http://www.periodicals.com/stock_e/j/ 
ttl12674.html
• Educational Leadership (ASCD)
• Teacher
• T.H.E. (online) journal  http://www.thejournal.com/newsletters/

NEWSLETTERS
• IRA Newsletter http://www.reading.org/publications/index.html
• Report on Literacy Programs http://www.bpinews.com/edu/pages/rlp.cfm

WEB SEARCHES
•  Google
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