Resources for Community Based and Volunteer Literacy

TCALL Resources

Community Based & Volunteer Literacy Resource Listing (On TCALL Library Search page use Broad Search Categories box to find library resources in this subject area, equivalent to the hard-copy bibliography.)

Glossary of Key Terms in Adult & Family Literacy

Texas Association of Adult Literacy Councils

National Institute for Literacy's LINCS Resources

Information Literacy National e-mail Discussion Group (facilitated by American Library Association) - INFOLIT is a forum for school, academic, and public librarians to exchange ideas on information literacy programs and the importance of information literacy as students transition from secondary education to college.

For more information from a searchable nationwide adult education & literacy database, go to LINCSearch

Other Web Sites of Interest

The Center for Literacy -- Located at Baylor University's School of Social Work, the center's mission is to support research, development, and evaluation of programs and models that help people become proficient in reading, writing, and speaking English. Baylor's School of Social Work brings a distinctive faith-integrated approach to quality education.

ProLiteracy Wordwide (merger of Literacy Volunteers of America and Laubach Literacy)

Verizon Thinkfinity - Sponsored by the National Center for Family Literacy and ProLiteracy Worldwide and funded by Verizon Communications, the website is an Internet tool developed to recruit, orient and train literacy volunteers. Online courses are available for existing and potential volunteers, as well as program directors and staff of literacy programs. Some courses are self-paced, others instructor-led, and some will be a blend of the two types.


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