2017 Lit Up! Literacy Forum
The NSW literacy working group is pleased to present this year’s free literacy forum and book fair for public library staff.
Lit Up! The 2017 Literacy Forum State Library of NSW Monday 11 September 2017
Follow the title links to view the presentations via Google drive or click to view the video of the presentations.
PROGRAMME 9.30 for 10am start
10.00 – 10.05 Welcome from the State Library
10.05 – 10.45 Professor Geraldine Castleton, ACU -On being literate: a feeling as well as a fact
10.45 – 11.05 Dr Stephen Black – UTS - Social capital benefits of literacy education (min 34.59)
11.05 – 11.25 Dr Keiko Yasukawa - Stories of Resilience project (min 100.20)
Click here for video of session one
11.25 – 12.00 Assoc. Professor (adjunct) Kaye Lowe – Understanding the reading process and supporting adults to read
12.00 – 12.20 Pamela Osmond – Current challenges for adult literacy: the role of the Reading Writing Hotline and Libraries(min 36.00)
12.20 - 12.35 Kemal Serdar - Auburn Library conversation classes (min 55.30)
12.35 – 12.50 Kate Jones & Donna Guiver -Volunteer tutoring online course – Great Lakes TAFE (min 1.11.30)
12.50 – 1.00 Lynsey Chandler - literacy volunteer tutor (not recorded by request)