A concentrated history of library outreach and equity of access in ALA; The resources in this document are worth reading for advocating quality servcie delivery in libraries. Kathleen de la Pena McCookis an authority on outreach concerns and strategies in libraries, and brings a wealth of issues for our consideration and action.
Libraries Build Sustainable Communities
This Web site introduces sustainable community development as a process for making choices about the future, identifies three basic dynamics of community, and suggests activities to guide communities and libraries toward becoming sustainable.
www.firstfind.info is a new web product developed to provide resources for librarians to better serve the 90 million adults in the U.S. that have less than adequate reading skills to meet the demands of jobs, parenting and citizenship. firstfind offers access to hundreds of websites, from studying for the GED to how to buy a car. Read about the background and future of this valuable resource in the firstfindbooklet.
More Outreach Services
www.firstfind.info