What's
New Archives
November 2000
The "What's New!" page is intended to spotlight current
news, events, publications, projects, and any other items that concern
literacy and the Region IV Hub. Check out past issues under What's
New Archives.
Huge
Turnout Reported — for Easy Voter!
Voters looking
for easy-to-read information about candidates and California ballot
propositions turned by the thousands to Easy
Voter, the online home of the Easy Reading Voter Guide. Easy
Voter wasdesigned to help new voters and busy voters in California
learn about registering to vote, choosing a political party, and
deciding how to vote, whether at the polling place or at home
by absentee ballot.
Easy Voter
reported an impressive 16,000 visits since its relaunch just three
months ago. The chart above shows the month of activity leading
up to the November 7 election. In the three days just prior to
the election, the tally shot up by over 6,000 visits. (Image courtesy
of Site Meter.)
Easy Voter
and the Easy Reading Voter Guide also offers nonpartisan information
about candidates, parties, and ballot propositions in language
that is tailored for voters who have low literacy skills in English.
There is also a section for voters who speak Spanish primarily.
Coordinated
by Susan S. Clark, Easy Voter's content is based on research supported
by the California State Library in grants to the Santa Clara County
Library Reading Program. Special thanks go to the many adult literacy
students from the California Literacy Campaign who helped design
this material.
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NIFL
Announces New Grantees for LINCS Regional Technology Centers and
Special Collections
NIFL
has awarded five new LINCS (Literacy Information aNd Communication
System) Regional Technology Center grants. The grants are awarded
for a three-year period beginning on October 1, 2000.
LINCS
Regional Technology Centers and Lead Sites
• Western/Pacific
LINCS (Western/Pacific Literacy Network and Peninsula Library
System)
• Eastern LINCS
(Pennsylvania's ABLENet)
• Midwest
LINCS (Ohio Literacy Resource Center)
• Southern LINCS
(Center for Literacy Studies)
• Northwest LINCS (Northwest Regional Literacy Resource
Center)
New Center! Web site coming soon!
LINCS Special
Collections
The Special
Collections are one-stop electronic gateways to specialized information
on high-quality literacy practices and materials for use in adult
education and literacy programs.
As of October
1, 2000, the LINCS Special Collections are maintained
by the following organizations.
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