Explore: Libraries And Illiterate Persons

Bank. Public libraries in Kenya have existed since the beginning of the 18th century. These however, were mainly subscription libraries that relied heavily

Capitoline Hill. Private libraries appeared during the late republic: Seneca inveighed against libraries fitted out for show by illiterate owners who scarcely

who read and write only in a language other than the predominant language of their environs may also be considered functionally illiterate in the predominant

public libraries. By 500 BCE both Athens and Samos had begun creating libraries for the public, though as most of the population was illiterate these spaces

empowerment and environmental sustainability." A majority of prisoners have been found to be illiterate, and in Edinburgh prison, winner of the 2010 Libraries Change

wagon, book wagon, book truck, library-on-wheels, and book auto service. Bookmobiles expand the reach of traditional libraries by transporting books to potential

Pack Horse Library Project, many people in rural Appalachian Kentucky did not have access to books. The percentage of people who were illiterate in eastern

It provides free language services to persons who are illiterate or who have difficulty reading, writing, and speaking English. It runs courses for GED

or orchestrated problem/illness). Migrant workers, homeless persons, and illiterate persons are particularly vulnerable to this form of exploitation. Trafficking

social welfare organizations and public libraries will sometimes assist persons of low-literacy in filling out official forms, and drafting formal correspondences