Finding Aid for Audio-Visual File, 1979, 1985, 1987 | The American Library Association Archives

Title: Audio-Visual File, 1979, 1985, 1987

ID: 10/2/13

Primary Creator: Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS)

Extent: 1.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: By material, then by group (i.e. slide show kept separate)

Subjects: Adult Education, Advertising Council, Literacy

Languages: English

Audio-Visual File including video tapes of television advertisements on functional illiteracy, adult basic education, Johnny Cash and the Coalition For Literacy campaign created by the Advertising Council; Ad Council radio spots and 2 sets of slides, on with an accompanying script.

On July 3, 1970, the Council voted to establish the Office for Library Service to the Disadvantaged and Unserved (1).  On July 3, 1980, the Council changed the name of the Office of Library Services to the Disadvantaged (OLSD) to the Office for Library Outreach Services (OLOS) (2).  The purpose of the Office for Library Outreach Services is threefold: 1) to promote the provision of library service to the urban and rural poor, of all ages, and to those people who are discriminated against because they belong to minority groups; 2) to encourage the development of user-oriented informational and educational library services to meet the needs of the urban and rural poor, ethnic minorities, the underemployed, school dropouts, the semiliterate and illiterate and those isolated by cultural differences; and 3) to insure that librarians and others have information, access to technical assistance and continuing education opportunities to assist them in developing effective outreach programs (3).  The Office for Library Outreach Services is responsible to the Deputy Executive Director (4).

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 10/10/90

Other Note: 1 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/1002013a.pdf

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