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Functional Illiteracy – the Scourge of the 21st Century?

... issue of functional illiteracy is a very pressing one for societies of practically any nation. What does this phenomenon represent, and how can we fight it? Who would benefit from creating solutions? Tatyana Zhukova , president of the Russian School Libraries Association, an expert in the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children Affairs, comments on the situation. Often while searching for work, many young professionals with college degrees show up for interviews, although many of them ...

23.09.2014

Future for Public Libraries

Slow destruction of a public library network across Europe Libraries across Europe are currently facing very serious challenges in the face of the wave of austerity sweeping across the continent. As governments sell people on the notion that public spending needs to be curtailed to overcome the effects of the ...

23.04.2014
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