LIBRARY-EDUCATION FOR LITERACY LIBRARIANS

Libraries are increasingly offering adult literacy services as a part of their normal operations. For the most part, library schools are jus t beginning to provide education and training for librarians who work, or who will work, in adult literacy services in the library. This art icle briefly discusses the development of adult literacy services, par ticularly in libraries. It outlines the structure and content of a cou rse developed at San Jose State University's School of Library and Inf ormation Science. The course provides adult literacy education for lib rarians and includes practical training at a library literacy site. Th e work undertaken by students at several sites is discussed, and feedb ack from literacy coordinators involved with the course is included.