PUBLIC LIBRARIES - LITERACY DEVELOPMENTS

At the Ontario Library Association (OLA) Conference in London on October 28, a workshop entitled 'How Literate Are You About Literacy:' was presented. The organizers were the Ontario Library Literacy Committee and the workshop was presented in two parts: "Illiteracy in Ontario", and "Library Leadership and Literacy". The workshop was well attended and delegates heard presentations from people working in the literacy field in London, Kingston, Toronto and Lindsay. A library literacy kit was distributed.

A President's Advisory Group on Literacy has been formed to advise the President of the Canadian Library Association on literacy and libraries.

For further information about the work of these groups, contact: Carolyn Youssef, Chairperson, Library Literacy Committee, Campbell District Library, 496 Birchmount Road, SCARBOROUGH, Ontario.

PARTICIPANTS AT THE LVA WORKSHOP ARRANGED BY The MOVEMENT FOR CANADIAN LITERACY in TORONTO, August, 1978.

…at break-time (right) ..in deep concentration (below)