• Final outcomes
  
  
• create an Outreach Worker post to establish and promote basic skills and reader development activities in two of Bedford's most socially deprived wards
• use the existing community profile of Bedfordshire Libraries as a platform to raise awareness of and increase access to basic skills education
• make visiting the library an enjoyable, welcoming and informative experience for basic skills learners via library familiarisation sessions
• expand Bedfordshire Libraries' current book stock to include a designated collection of easy read fiction titles and audio visual material appropriate to the client group's abilities and interests
• promote the pleasure of reading to adult learners by offering entertaining author visits, storytelling sessions and book  groups
• provide training for both library staff and basic skills tutors to raise awareness of key issues surrounding the role of libraries in supporting adult literacy and basic skills provision
• incorporate basic skills awareness into Bedfordshire Libraries' ongoing staff training and induction programme

• The Doncaster Foyer, a new town-centre-based complex, providing semi-independent living accommodation for young people aged 16 to 24
• M25, also based near the town centre, a shelter for homeless people
• Doncaster MIND
• DACRO, Doncaster Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders
• Asylum seekers
• Refugees
• People for whom English is a second language
  

Essex

Quick Reads evaluation

Final outcomes

• The Quick Reads'were displayed in a bin and were easy to find. They were so interesting that they made you want to read more. The reviews were displayed on the computer in the library.
• Quick Read books are short and nice and easy to read. The covers help you choose which book to take.
• The fact that the stories are short is good to get you back to reading because it doesn't seem like it will be too difficult if you are a busy person.

Objectives

1. To provide 5  Quick Read champions and a reader-in-residence to  support, inspire and enthuse emergent adult readers  and kick start sustainable reading initiatives for emergent readers.

2.  To develop links with basic skills sector through partnership working with 7 community colleges and shared training.

3. To increase the range of Quick Read titles by  increasing the number of staff trained to identify and select appropriate titles

4. To expand Quick Read collections to 11 libraries

5. To develop the Quick Read section of the Ask Chris website http://194.129.26.30/applications/ask/default.htm - as a unique resource for emergent readers. (Ask Chris is  the Essex Libraries' readers' website that includes Quick Reads: mainstream books for emergent readers using crieria drawn up with Basic Skills tutors. Reviews from students are included on the site.)

6. To create a marketing campaign aimed at emergent adult readers

7. To test the use of performing arts as a way of  motivating emergent adult readers

8. To   develop  appropriate local links such as family literacy, local prison  in order to involve emergent adult readers  outside the  basic skills sector.

9. To ensure the sustainability of Quick Read project through embedding in  training, procedures and practices both within Essex Libraries and the Basic Skills sector

Aims

The main thrust of the project is to develop the role of the Library Service in delivering basic skills provision to hard to reach groups. The project will focus on two libraries, Page Moss and Stockbridge Village and will:

• Extend provision to the existing basic skills group at Page Moss
• Develop the basic skills of the existing targeted group of 16-25 year old young parents at Page Moss
• Establish a basic skills group at Stockbridge Village Library

• deliver a cost effective project in conjunction with Knowsley Community College based at Page Moss and Stockbridge Village Libraries
• employ a Project Outreach Worker to recruit participants and promote basic skills provision in libraries
• establish basic skills tutoring in Stockbridge village Library
• work with a minimum of 30 basic skills students
• deliver accredited training in basic skills work to library staff
• develop valid and relevant basic skills collections in each project library in conjunction with project participants
• make use of ICT facilities to enhance basic skills provision
• develop models of delivery which other library authorities can use

Norfolk Library Service

• Vital Link Project 1: Mags and Daily Rags
• Vital Link Project 2: Look it Up

• Vital Link Project 3: Getting Started

• Vital Link Project 4: Your Library

• Vital Link Project 5: Getting Started

Duration - January to September 2002

Target - Youth Offender Institute  Males 18 - 21 years old (maximum 500)

Partners

• Prison Education Department - Basic Skill Co-ordinator
• Prison Education Department - Head of Education - YOI
• Foundation Training Company

• Governor YOI
• Multi - Agency Partnership including NACRO, Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, Princes Trust,  YMCA Probation  Service, IAG, Samaritans, Matthew Project YMCA
• Suppliers/Publishers: John Menzies- Dillons Inside Time - Voice

• increase basic skills/ability appropriate material in B/C Library A Wing Library and E Wing Library through Avanti visit and tried and tested titles  recommendations
• canvas young people on what titles to include
• make available a range of magazines and newspapers
• provide a monthly session in the Library and other promotions looking at magazine content on interest basis
• specifically focus on TV guides and produce worksheets with Education staff to access/de-code information
• record in the Library responses, comments, reviews observations
• use feed back to support Education process  - portfolio evidence towards basic skills accreditation
• record approaches and best practice - 'Using mags and papers in Basic Skills'
• further develop working links with PLSU, HMP Norwich Education Department  and Foundation Training in multi-agency working to address the Basic Skills Agenda
• raise awareness of Prison Library Team in Basic Skills provision at HMP Norwich and develop understanding/ability/appreciation of how to match the reading level of written material to  the 'reading and understanding' level of the reader

• To circulate an annotated menu sheet of magazines in questionnaire asking for young men to make a selection plus any interest areas.
• To purchase a range of street cred newspapers and magazines in the YOI Library.
• In addition to seek donations from a range of magazine publishers and local wholesalers.
• To specifically focus on TV.  5 of 6 Landings have in-cell TV therefore a focus would be on TVpages/guides.

• The material will be available for loan and reference only (current purchased editions).
• Other Supplementary Activity would include :

 - Monthly Saturday am activity based on interest area
 - Quiz - World of Magazines
 - Opportunity to get people in the Know in from the Out
 - A Magazine of photocopied Best Bits over 6 month period
 - A review system with reviews on display board in the Library
 - Adverts in papers and magazines and free papers

Duration  -  January to September 2002

Target  -  Adult Prison Libraries - Education, B/C,  A Wing Libraries

Partners

• Prison Education Department - Basic Skill Co-ordinator
• Prison Education Department - Head of Education

• Governor Adult Prison

• increase basic skills/ability appropriate material in B/C Library A Wing Library and E Wing Library through Avanti visit and tried and tested titles recommendations.
• provide a comprehensive range/levels/pictorial of English Language Dictionaries and Thesaurus and some agreed other language dictionaries and make available for loan and reference only
• sell through Canteen Library and Education( via prisoners private cash arrangements)  using canteen purchase procedures,  pocket dictionaries and thesaurus at max £1.00 each
• produce supplementary material 'Using your dictionary can you find etc' plus crosswords, word search handouts for in-cell consumption. All handout material to be used in conjunction with dictionaries. Group activities on the Wings and  in the Education Library.
• use structured sheets to feed back for Education process - portfolio evidence towards basic skills accreditation
• record approaches and best practice - 'Using Dictionaries in Basic Skills'
• further develop working links with PLSU, HMP Norwich Education Department  and Foundation Training in multi-agency working to address the Basic Skills Agenda
• raise awareness of Prison Library Team in Basic Skills provision at HMP Norwich and develop understanding/ability/appreciation of how to match the reading level of written material to  the 'reading and understanding' level of the reader

• purchase a range of dictionaries, reference mostly located in the Education Library, loan copies on the Wings.
• provide weekly word search/definitions quiz for Education inmates on Tuesday
• set up system for dictionaries being purchased though inmates private cash
• provide 'Words of the Week' information bookmarks history of interesting words definitions for A Wing and B/C Wing Library.
• thoroughly publicize the availability of dictionaries for sale
• provide two 100 question Words Quiz sheets for Adult Prison with decent dictionary prizes - through Governor's monies. March and July
• organise Call my Bluff /Countdown type Quiz C3 Wing  and M Wing x 4

Duration  -  January to September 2002

Target  -  AE students attending Basic Skills classes in the Area
                Other readers who require ability appropriate material in the community

Partners

• Norfolk Adult Education Service : Adult Education Basis Skills Advisor  and Basic Skills team  of tutors working in area

• increase basic skills/ability appropriate material in two Libraries based on trialling a Getting Started collection over past 2 months. The collection of non-fiction material is centrally displayed in Great Yarmouth Library  on pyramid 'Yellow Frederick' display.
• shadow Basic Skills classes to trial  titles  with students on what to include in future ability appropriate collections
• arrange class visits to the library on a hosted basis with prior visit to class.
• produce a Library Trail for students to discover/use information retrieval/. The Trail will be tested and amended for use in Norfolk Libraries
• record in the Library responses, comments as required on Sheffield evaluation
• organise a Taster Day in Gorleston Library with invitations to students in FE Colleges and AE Classes.
• invite students across the Basic Skills provision in the Area to start a Reading Group.
• hold a basic skills awareness half day at Gorleston Library in conjunction with Area AE Basic Skills team on 25th March 2002
• record approaches and best practice in Taster Day and Reading Group provision for use in rest of Norfolk and in support of staff development.
• further develop working links with FE Colleges and Adult Education to address the Basic Skills Agenda
• raise awareness of local library staff in Basic Skills provision and develop understanding/ability/appreciation of how to match the reading level of written material to  the 'reading and understanding' level of the reader
• give a presentation and develop outline strategy for the way ahead

Duration - January to September 2002

Project Partners

• Adult Education Basic Skills Advisor
• Thetford and the AE Basic Skills Team

• increase basic skills/ability appropriate material in Thetford Library, concentrating on nonfiction titles to replicate Getting Started collection in Great Yarmouth.
• shadow Basic Skills classes to trial  titles  with students on what to include in future ability appropriate collections
• arrange class visits to the library on a hosted basis with prior visit to class.
• record in the Library responses, comments as required on Sheffield evaluation
• possibly  organise a Taster Day in Thetford Library students in AE Classes.
• hold a basic skills awareness half day at Thetford Library in conjunction with Area AE Basic Skills team in mid April 2002
• develop working links with Adult Education Basic Skills providers to    better address the Basic Skills agenda in Thetford area.
• raise awareness of local library staff in Basic Skills provision and
• develop understanding/ability/appreciation of how to match the reading level of written material to  the 'reading and understanding' level of the reader
• give a presentation and develop outline strategy for the way ahead at the South Area Basic Skills Tutors summer term meeting in mid April.

Duration - January to September 2002

Project Partner

• Adult Education Basic Skills Advisor and the AE Basis Skills Team in West Norfolk

• increase basic skills/ability appropriate material in King's Lynn and Gaywood Libraries, concentrating on nonfiction titles to replicate Getting Started collection in Great Yarmouth.
• shadow Basic Skills classes to trial  titles  with students on what to include in future ability appropriate collections
• arrange class visits to the library on a hosted basis with prior visit to class.
• record in the Library responses, comments as required on Sheffield evaluation
• undertake structured internet taster sessions with basic skills classes - David Bell co-ordinator/tutor
• organise a Taster Day in Gaywood Library for students in AE Classes.
• hold a basic skills awareness half day at Gaywood Library 20th March in conjunction with Area AE Basic Skills team.
• further develop working links with FE College and Adult Education Basic Skills providers to better address the Basic Skills agenda in the King's Lynn Area.
• raise awareness of local library staff in Basic Skills provision and    develop understanding/ability/appreciation of how to match the reading level of written material to  the 'reading and understanding' level of the reader.
• give a presentation and develop outline strategy for the way ahead at the West Area Basic Skills Tutors summer term meeting in mid April.

Sutton is investigating 2 outreach projects both of which have initial support from the groups concerned:

A) Young offenders aged up to 17. Some are excluded at different times so attending full time education can be sporadic; others are not attending education at all but receive tutor support. Participants will be asked to

• Evaluate 2 collections - one from Vital Link/Books For Students and the other consisting of practical Life/Basic skills material dealing with learning to drive, passing the test, buying a car, budgeting etc.

• Evaluate participants' response to practical text as opposed to reading for pleasure.
• Investigate what motivates participants to learn.

• Evaluate the Vital Link/Books For Students collection

General Aims and Objectives

• Work in partnership with groups using basic skills but not tied into the formal basic skills education process
• Promote a range of materials in different formats aimed at different levels
• Take advantage of any available basic skills awareness training for library staff.

• Inspire, support and motivate emergent adult readers and recruit new "hard to reach" learners in the area surrounding Roehampton Library
• Establish effective links between Roehampton Library and local basic skills co-ordinators and tutors
• Promote the basic skills provision at Roehampron Library to local groups and organisations
• Provide an extensive basic skills collection at Roehampton Library from which Wandsworth Libraries can select material
• Create opportunities for training library staff in awareness of basic skills provision
• Develop basic skills provision at York Gardens Library, Battersea, and in partnership with UK online centre
• Create partnerships with local organisations and bodies in order to further the aims and sustainability of this project.

Strengths

• Policy makers are on board and improving adult basic skills is a major priority in the borough
• Council and other funding is available to support the improvement of adult basic skills
• Library Service has strong links with providers (Head of Adult College, Curriculum Managers and tutors)
• Diverse range of venues being used for basic skills in the community plus UK Online Centres are being set up over the next 18 months, several in or alongside libraries
• Other initiatives are already taking place such as Family Reading/Learning and outreach to harder-to-reach groups
• Training - 6 librarians have been undertaking the Initial Certificate in Teaching Adult Basic Skills.

• Current stock in libraries to support the initiative could be improved
• Not all staff are 'engaged' in the initiative as yet.

• To inspire, support and motivate emergent adult readers and recruit new 'hard to reach' learners in Barking and Dagenham
• To develop the already established links between Barking and Dagenham Library service and the adult basic education sector in the borough
• To identify, evaluate and articulate the unique contribution libraries' reader development work can make to central and local government plans to improve adult basic literacy skills
• To develop and promote a range of Basic Skills materials collections for delivery through libraries and community and other local venues;
• To  further develop local models of  reader development 'good practice'
• To disseminate replicable local models of 'good practice' Londonwide and further afield
• To provide staff training in awareness of and support to adult basic skills.

• To explore working with a range of partners in the borough, including the Adult College, based on the already-successful approach of providing 'taster collections' of library materials in community venues, workplaces and educational venues
• To 'trial' and develop collections of materials relevant to emergent and 'hard to reach' adult readers
• To train staff in basic skills awareness and in selecting appropriate materials.

• To work with the Adult College to 'trial ' materials with their tutors and students
• To work with Senior Librarians to improve and then promote collections of  materials in libraries and the UK Online Centres as they are set up in libraries
• To work with the borough's DCMS/Wolfson funded 'More Parents Reading' project to add basic skills materials to the 'taster collections' being set up in schools, workplaces,

To support and promote the activity of lifelong learning amongst individuals and communities in partnership with appropriate agencies, businesses and organisations (North Yorkshire Annual Library Plan 2001/2 - 2003/4).
Objectives and targets
 
 

Objective	Target
To work in partnership with local training providers to develop new courses and to promote library services to both individual learners and their tutors and mentors.	Set up two courses - one in Colburn and one in Ryedale Set up familiarisation sessions for library staff, tutors, mentors and learners Record student progression All learners, mentors and tutors enrolled as individual members of the library
To promote libraries as non-threatening, community based venues to attract learners who are unwilling to approach the more traditional training centres such as schools and colleges.	Libraries used as venues for all or part of two new courses aimed at learners with low basic skills
To provide and promote accessible and relevant resources on topics which will appeal to the target audience	Establish selection criteria Source appropriate materials Work in partnership with training providers and learners to produce attractive publicity materials to promote the new resources promote materials in venues other than libraries and educational establishments purchase and promote materials produced by Well Worth Reading as part of the Vital Link Project Increase the quality and quantity of resources available from the County Library Establish mechanisms to co-ordinate purchasing by the partners in order to maximise choice and reduce unnecessary duplication.
To develop a better understanding of the need of basic skills students and their tutors and mentors.	Joint training session for library staff and training providers