FYI:
Current Literacy Information & Resources
Summer 2007

FYI highlights information and resources that may be of interest to practitioners, researchers, policy makers and administrators in the literacy field in British Columbia. FYI is compiled by library staff based on the reports and journals we receive at the library, email notices, Web sites and other current awareness services. It is sent out quarterly with Literacy BC’s E-Bulletin and posted on the Literacy BC Web site under “Publications” at www.literacy.bc.ca Thank you for forwarding to us information you would like to see in the next FYI.

| Community Development | Computer Recyling | Disabilities | Distance Education |

| Early Learning | Education Resources | Health Literacy | Libraries and Literacy |

| Literacy – Canada | Literacy Journals| Literacy Booksellers | Literacy Research |

| Literacy Statistics | Reading | Technology | Violence | Workplace Literacy |

Community Development

• Community Literacy Plans
  The Literacy Now Communities program guides communities through a planning process to identify local literacy needs. Community Literacy Plans are available for many parts of BC.
• Vancouver's Community Learning Strategy
  The Vancouver Learning City Initiative and the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) announce a demonstration project. They will use the Composite Learning Index (see Literacy Statistics in this section) as a “learning lens” to develop an in-depth analysis of Vancouver's learning conditions.

Computer Recycling

• Computer Donations & Recycling
  Donate old computers or receive donations of recycled computers. Vancouver Computer Literacy Society is a non-profit organization that works with the public and private sectors to help deal with surplus and obsolete electronics. The Society collects old computers for donation and recycling in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.