Currently, there are more than XXX discussion lists that range from state-wide lists for practitioners to lists for special interest groups. Consortium members share strategies for connecting practitioners to the Internet. Arkansas invited representatives from fourteen states to attend its Technology Institute.
Practitioners regularly develop high quality resources.
Often, they are not circulated beyond a narrow audience. Catalog assistance is provided for states that want to catalog their own resources. Many literacy practitioners need access to quality materials. Staff collect and publish resources from member states. I n order to implement critical provisions of the National Literacy Act of 1991, the National Institute for Literacy proposes to develop a national literacy information and communication system that will contribute to the national goals of maximizing the effectiveness of literacy services, and enabling every adult to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to compete in a global economy and exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.