Kentucky contributes to national literacy database
The Kentucky Department for Adult Education and
Literacy, in partnership with the Kentucky Virtual Library,
a unit of the Council on Postsecondary Education, will take
center stage this month as Kentucky’s contributions are
uploaded to a national database of literacy resources sponsored
by the National Institute for Literacy.
Dr. Cheryl King, the Council’s associate vice president
for adult education, said, “We are delighted that Kentucky
is on the forefront of adult education and has contributed to
such an important national initiative.”
The project, known as LINCS (Literacy Information and Communication
System), is a national collaborative database of 5,000 records
with links to online resources for adult education instructors.
LINCS provides instructors with a free, single point of access
to literacy resources, knowledge and expertise from across the
nation and world.
Eighteen Kentucky educators and librarians generated the content
for the records in the Kentucky Adult Education Resource database.
Over 150 resources, ranging from lesson plans, GED information
to basic math resources, will be uploaded to the LINCS database.
Kentucky’s initiative is also searchable through the Library
of Congress.
“We are very pleased that Kentucky is able to build the
Kentucky Adult Education Resource Database and contribute these
records to LINCS,” explained Kentucky Virtual Library
Director Ling-yuh W. (Miko) Pattie.
She added, “We are especially pleased that we are able
to convert the LINCS database to be Z39.50 compliant, an international
search and retrieval protocol, so that other organizations can
incorporate this unique database into their own offerings using
their own user interfaces.”
Kentucky participants included:
· Shirley Asher, Knott County Adult Learning Center,
Hindman;
· Pat Barkely, Central Kentucky Technical College Adult
Education Program, Lexington;
· Susan Brown, Kentucky Virtual Library, Frankfort;
· Pat Burchell, Campbell-Reed Learning Center, Manchester;
· Sara Callaway, Kentucky Department for Adult Education
and Literacy, Frankfort;
· Renae Harrison, Mulberry Helm Education Center, Elizabethtown;
· Sandra Kestner, Kentucky Department for Adult Education
and Literacy, Frankfort;
· Beth Kraemer, William T. Young Library, Lexington;
· Dr. Jacqueline Korengel, KET, Lexington;
· Jane Martel, Kentucky Department for Adult Education
and Literacy, Frankfort;
· Rosie Maum, Jefferson County Public Schools, Louisville;
· Erin O’Donnel, Thornhill Learning Center, Frankfort;
· Ross Owen, Morehead State University, Morehead;
· Ling-yuh W. (Miko) Pattie, Kentucky Virtual Library,
Frankfort;
· Clovis Perry, Central Kentucky Technical College, Danville;
· Cindy Read, Kentucky Institute for Family Literacy,
Louisville;
· Scott Turner, Scott County Adult Education, Georgetown;
and
· Sugar Willey, Woodford County Adult Education and Literacy,
Versailles.
The LINCS and Kentucky Adult Education Resource Database are
searchable freely through the Kentucky Virtual Library at www.kyvl.org/html/ae/ae.shtml.
For more information, please visit www.kyvl.org or call toll-free
at 1-877-588-5288.
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