Literacy Champions in the Library
Teaching library staff how to help people with literacy needs.
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"This course has opened my eyes to the difficulties encountered by people in normal day to day life.”- Participant
This project aimed to provide library staff with the skills to recognise signs of unmet literacy needs among adults.
Four literacy awareness sessions took place online. Two more in-person session also took place, one in Watch House Cross, Limerick and another in Ennis, Co. Clare.
11 library staff learnt to apply a literacy friendly approach to their work, to better support people with unmet literacy needs.
Laois Offaly Education and Training Board (LOETB) tutors gave presentations and put together the content for in-person training sessions.
LCETB tutors also delivered a half-day information session on English for Speakers of another Language (ESOL) services.
Participants all became Literacy Champions upon completion of the project.
Library staff now have a much better understanding of the barriers faced by adults with literacy needs.
Staff will share what they learnt with their colleagues and other local organisations. They will also that ensure communication about library services meets the needs of adults with literacy needs.
Participants can use Plain English in their customer service.
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This project was a collaboration Clare County Council and Limerick County and City Libraries.
For more information about the project, please contact Tom Kent, Regional Literacy Coordinator in Limerick Clare ETB, at tom.kent@lcetb.ie
The Adult Literacy for Life Collaboration and Innovation Fund
The Collaboration and Innovation Fund supports projects for adults with unmet literacy, numeracy and digital literacy needs and projects that support organisations to be literacy friendly. The closing date for 2024 applications has now passed but keep an eye out for information on our 2025 fund which will be launched in December.
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