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<br />SAN MARCOS PUBLIC LIBRARY <br />LIFELONG LEARNING PROJECT <br />PROGRAM NARRATIVE <br /> <br />I. <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />In September 1987 the San Marcos Public Library received an LSCA <br />Title I grant to develop the Lifelong Learning Project. Our <br />target audience for this project was the adult population with <br />less than a twelfth grade education. The grant allowed us to <br />develop a Lifelong Learning Collection which included GED study <br />guides, literacy workbooks and life skills materials. It also <br />enabled us to establish a literacy and GED tutoring program <br />utilizing trained volunteer tutors. Though we are now only six <br />months into the project year for the Title I grant, we have <br />already met our tutor training goals and have placed more than <br />SO students with tutors. <br /> <br />In working with the Lifelong Learning Project, we have.found <br />that many adults who request our tutoring services are really <br />there because they need to learn English as a second language. <br />We would now like to obtain a second LSCA Title I grant in order <br />to expand and extend the service. of the Lifelong Learning <br />Project to address the needs of those for whom English is a <br />second language. Specifically, what we hope to do is: <br /> <br />1) <br /> <br />Provide free English as a second language tutoring <br />as well as continuing to provide free literacy and G£D <br />tutoring for adults. <br /> <br />2) <br /> <br />Develop the library as a center for information <br />about the services of local social service agencies. <br /> <br />3) <br /> <br />Take a story time program into the Hispanic community <br />to introduce the Hispanic population to the library <br />and the wonders of reading. <br /> <br />4) <br /> <br />Publicize the services and resources of the public <br />library to those for whom English is a second <br />language. <br /> <br />II. <br /> <br />PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION TO BE ~ERVED <br /> <br />According to the 1980 U.S. Census of Population and Housing, the <br />city of San Marcos has a total population of 23,420. Of these, <br />381 are over five years old and speak a language other than <br />English in the home. (The census figures do not provide <br />information on the number of children under five who live in <br />homes in which a language other than English is the primary <br />language.) <br />