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Across the country, in large and small communities, libraries are providing effective and replicable services and programs for adult learners. The specifics of how these programs are developed, implemented, staffed, and administered depends a great deal on the library's mission, goals, capacity, and the community's literacy resources. The following examples illustrate library literacy in action. Their programs, services, and collective wisdom of- fer service models worthy of consideration and adaptation. Adult Learner Program Queens (N.Y.) Library The mission of Queens Library's Adult Learner Program is to provide quality services, resources, and lifelong learning opportunities through books and a variety of other formats to meet the educational needs and interests of its diverse Adult Education population. httn;/ /queenslibrar3�. org /index. aspx ?page nm =Adult +Literacy +Home Detroit Reads Detroit Public Library The Detroit Public Library (DPL) recognizes that the abil- ity to read is fundamental to the quality of life in the City of Detroit. Through Detroit Reads the library, literacy service providers, local business leaders, government and commu- nity partners, and the media collaborate to make Detroit a city where `all Detroiters can read.' http: : / /www,detroit-reads.org Literacy Link Midwest City (Okla.) Library Literacy Link teaches reading and writing skills to func- tionally illiterate adults, ages 18 and over, including free, one -on -one tutoring. httn: / /www.literacylinkok.ore/ Project Read Decatur (Ill.) Public Library /Richland Community College Project Read is a public library /community college part- nership serving adults with less than a 9th grade educa- tion with one -on -one tutoring in literacy and math at the library. http: 11projectread.richland.edu/ The Literacy Program of Greater Plymouth Plymouth (Mass.) Public Library The Plymouth Public Library, in collaboration with Lit- eracy Program of Greater Plymouth and with the support of a broad coalition of local businesses and government institutions, serves adults in the greater Plymouth area with free GED classes and English as a second language (ESL) tutoring at the library. http:/ /home.comeast.net/-liteenter/ Read/Write /Now Springfield (Mass.) Public Library Assists adults living in the greater Springfield area to achieve their basic education goals through free adult ba- sic education programs that promote self - directed learn- ing and value the knowledge that adults bring to learning. http://wvvw.s.pringfieldlibraly.org/i Onondaga County (N.Y.) Public Library In Syracuse, the library works closely with the abundance of literacy service providers in the community. bttp:/ /www.onlib.org/web/sei - v coll /literacy/index.htm Project Read San Francisco (Calif.) Public Library Project Read helps English- speaking adults improve their basic reading and writing skills so they may access greater opportunities in their lives. http:/ /projectreadsf blogspot.com / Rogers County Literacy Council Will Rogers (Okla.) Library The Will Rogers Library collaborates with the Rogers County Literacy Council to provide adult literacy services in Claremore, Oklahoma. The Council is a member of the Oklahoma Literacy Coalition and ProLiteracy and is a Rogers County United Way agency. http://www.claremoreft.com/index.aspx?nid=168 http:/ /rocoread.org/ Share Information from this TooRdtl This content may be used and /or adapted by libraries, librarians, and other educators for nonprofit training and educational purposes, including the development of derivative works. All such uses should include the notice "Content used by permission of OLOS, ALA." For permission to reuse content for any profit- revenue - generating project, please contact the Office for Literacy and Outreach Services at olos @ala.org. 6 Attachment number 6 F -10 Page 133