Read the case studies below to see how libraries are developing partnerships to make the library more accessible for adults with low literacy levels.

• How do they get in the building? - Hertfordshire case study (Word document)

• Outreach and Wider partnerships (Word document)
  Middlesbrough Borough Council departments: Libraries & Information, Adult Education Service, Social Services, Public Protection Unit, with James Cook University Hospital Hutton Unit, Ayresome Industries, Stonham Unit and Nacro
  - A wide-ranging partnership to extend library services to "hard to reach" groups and to improve library stock for basic skills learners.
• Essential skills through reminiscence work (Word document)
  Suffolk Libraries and Suffolk Community Education, June 2005
  - Outreach work to a reminiscence group, helping participants to talk and write about their memories.
  
• Basic skills for hard to reach groups (Word document)
  Knowsley Libraries and Knowsley Community College Adult and Community Education Department, June 2005
  - Making library services more accessible to hard to reach groups with basic skills needs, such as older people and mothers with toddlers. Includes development of a writers' group.
  
• Quality in Libraries Award (Word document)
  Read on - Write Away! and Derbyshire libraries, June 2005
  The development of an assessment process for libraries against a standard framework which ensures that libraries can effectively recognise and meet users' basic skills needs.