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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| contributor.advisor | Claudia Gollop | en |
| creator | Elizabeth Borene | en |
| date.accessioned | 2006-04-11T14:03:18Z | - |
| date.available | 2006-04-10 | en |
| date.available | 2006-04-11T14:03:18Z | - |
| date.issued | 2006-04-11T14:03:18Z | - |
| date.submitted | April 2006 | en |
| identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1901/275 | - |
| description.abstract | In 1999, researcher Denni Kay Scales asked the question: How do adult new readers find literacy materials in the public library? The following study is an attempt to continue the discussion by addressing a similar question in surveying three library systems in North Carolina, and also to evaluate the presence or absence of a separate literacy section. The findings point to even more diversity in subject matter and location than Scales found. The results of this study indicate that literacy materials, when carried by a public library, are rarely shelved in a separate literacy section, and sometimes even in more than one section of the main collections. This prompts the following questions: Is a literacy section needed in public libraries? What are the benefits of separating this material out for adult new readers? Should literacy materials be integrated with the main collections? | en |
| format | application/pdf | en |
| format.extent | 257127 bytes | - |
| format.mimetype | application/pdf | - |
| language.iso | en_US | en |
| publisher | School of Information and Library Science | en |
| subject | Immigrants -- Reading Literacy New literates -- Reading Public libraries – Book selection Public libraries – Services to illiterates | en |
| title | Adult New Reader Materials Available Here: A Survey of Literacy Materials Available in Three North Carolina Public Library Systems | en |
| type | Electronic Theses and Dissertations | en |
| degree.discipline | Library Science | en |
| degree.grantor | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | en |
| degree.level | Master | en |
| degree.name | Master of Science | en |
| license | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/1.0/ | en |
| Appears in Collections: | SILS Master's Papers |
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