hi all, I've been following the last couple strands of the conversation,
and thought I'd use this as an opportunity to tell you about my two new
books on this topic. one is partners in literacy: schools and libraries
building communities through technology (co-authored)
http://www.amazon.com/Partners-Literacy-Sondra-Cuban/dp/0807747963. the
other one is: libraries serving new immigrant communities
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Serving-New-Immigrant-Communities-Library/dp/159
1582970/ref=sr_1_3/203-6931350-3907950?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182864801&sr
=1-3 
 
Both deal with adult literacy, ESOL, technologies, sustaining
community-based education and making literacy links across institutions.
Thanks and take care, Sondra

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Subject: [SpecialTopics 349] Sustaining Community Literacy Partnerships


The Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition has been in existence since
1989.  It credits its sustainability to several key components such as
150 literacy collaborative partnerships, a strong board, skilled staff
and diverse funding.  However, the top two ingredients for long-term
success have been putting business partners in the leadership of the
board and involving major media in every aspect of promoting the
coalition's work.  The very strong engagement of business and the media
in all aspects of coalition work has helped to spread tremendous
awareness of literacy need and literacy solutions.
 
Darlene Kostrub
www.pbcliteracy.org
551 SE 8th St., Suite 505
Delray Beach, FL 33483
561-279-9103



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