Each month NALD releases Library user statistics in a feature known as the Top 20 downloads/20 Plus téléchargés. The report examines the number of NALD Library documents, in both English and French, which are viewed and downloaded by visitors to the websites NALD, NALD@Work, BDAA and BDAA@uTravail.
The growth in the number of document downloads is a result of both increased usage and continued expansion of NALD’s full-text document holdings. This growth also indicates a high and growing demand for relevant, full-text documents by the Canadian literacy and essential skills community.
Documents from this list originated from different regions of Canada. They are representative of the NALD Library and its learning and research materials.
| # | Title of Document | # of downloads |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Academic Studies English: Support Materials and Exercises for Grammar—Part I: Parts of Speech |
79,609 |
| 2 | Changing the Way We Teach Math—A Manual for Teaching Basic Math to Adults by Kate Nonesuch | 8,840 |
| 3 | Academic Studies English: Support Materials and Exercises for Writing Letters by |
5,833 |
| 4 | English-as-a-Second Language Tutor Training Kit: A learner-Centred Approach to Tutoring Adult ESL Learners Tutor Training Manual by Myrina Rutten-James |
5,597 |
| 5 | Action Research in Workplace Education—A Handbook for Literacy Instructors by Maurice Taylor | 5,333 |
| 6 | Bridging the Gap Between Literacy and Technology—Education Component—Evaluation Tools |
4,862 |
| 7 | Eat Right and Save Money by Lillis Lawrence |
4,573 |
| 8 | Adult ESL Learners Facilitator Training Manual by Myrina Rutten-James |
3,707 |
| 9 | The ESL Computer Book—The Internet: Using Microsoft Explorer Developed by Kathy Burnett, Edited by Gerry Mills |
3,692 |
| 10 | How To Kit—Readers Theatre by NWT Literacy Council | 3,612 |
| 11 | How To Kit—Environmental Print Games by NWT Literacy Council |
3,516 |
| 12 | The ESL Computer Book—Microsoft Word 2003 by Kathy Burnett |
3,276 |
| 13 | Understanding Curriculum Development in the Workplace—A Resource for Educators by Mary Ellen Belfiore |
3,062 |
| 14 | Bridging the Employment Gap—Ready for Work by Simcoe/Muskoka Literacy Network |
3,035 |
| 15 | Family Math Fun! by Kate Nonesuch |
2,883 |
| 16 | Adult Learning—From Theory to Practice by Lori Herod |
2,499 |
| 17 | Relating Canadian Language Benchmarks to Essential Skills—A Comparative Framework by Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks |
2,329 |
| 18 | April Raintree—A multi-level novel study resource for instructors by Evelyn Tregidgo | 2,324 |
| 19 | Not Too Long Ago…Seniors Tell Their Stories by Garry Cranford |
2,284 |
| 20 | Money Math by Lisa Campbell, NWT Literacy Council |
2,180 |