Workplace Literacy Discussion List Members,
Because we have many new members who have joined the list this week, an
explanation of "Thursday Resources" is in order.  During the course of a
week, I usually come across several resources that may be of interest to
our list members.  I bundle all of these resources into one e-mail and
send it out with the "Thursday Resources" subject line.  In most cases,
the source of my information is given with a link to that website, an
abstract from the source is included, and a live link to the resource
itself is provided.  One warning that I usually give is that long URLs
frequently get split onto two lines when you get them in your e-mail
message, and you may have to cut and paste the two parts back together
in your browser address window in order to access the resource.  That
said, it turns out that there is only one resource to announce this
week.  That's unusual, but maybe good on a week that we had so many
other resources and thinking shared in our discussion.  There are
several additional discussions on other lists scheduled for next week,
and I plan to send out an announcement about all of them tomorrow.  So
here is this week's resource.  
Donna

Donna Brian, Moderator
Workplace Literacy Discussion List
Center for Literacy Studies at The University of Tennessee
djgbrian at utk.edu

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