Submission Form

SAMPLE

Name________________________________________

Title_______________________________________

Program____________________________________________

E-mail_____________________________________

Mailing Address_______________________________________

Idea or Website (limited to 1,000 characters)

Selection Criteria

THIS IS SAMPLE INFORMATION

The materials should be clearly connected to educational & family literacy purposes.

• Have practical value and relevance for literacy practitioners, researchers, policy makers, or adult learners.
• Be innovative or unique and of high quality.
• Be well-presented and well-formatted (both in electronic and print formats); the submission of bilingual materials and materials in languages besides English is encouraged.
• Be current materials or have up-to-date application.
• Have clear statement of authorship, ownership, or responsibility for content.
• Include an indicator of publication or completion date, or date last updated.
• Include bibliographic citations, when relevant.

In addition, use of any materials that are not the original creation of the authors should be accompanied by the creator's express permission for the material's use in all formats presented.  In other words, if a publication is being made available in print and in an online format, the creator must give permission to have their work used in both formats.

Web links selected must ...
• Have accurate, functioning URLs; i.e., no "dead links."
• Have short, useful annotations (perhaps highlighting a few features of the site's relevance for adult literacy practitioners and/or learners).
• Not send people to sites that are password protected or that are not freely accessible.

Audience
The resources / sites are chosen with the following audience in mind:

• Family literacy practitioners
• Program coordinators and directors
• Parents
• Adult learners

Relevance

• Sites or materials must relate to family literacy in some way.
• Sites or materials must have educational value.
• Sites or materials must be perceived as useful, interesting, relevant or practical by the intended audience.

Quality

• Sites or materials must be accurate in their content.
• Sites or materials must be clearly written, well formatted, easy to navigate and easy to understand by the intended audience.
• Where practical, sites or materials are based on current research.
• Sites or materials must be respectful in tone to the intended audience and free from obvious stereotypes.
• Sites or materials may be included if they are unique or innovative.
• Sites or materials must be up to date in their information and methodology.
• Older materials with proven value to the field may be included.

References

• Sites or materials are correctly referenced including author and date created.

Availability

• Resources in the collection must be available on the Web or easily obtained through the mail.
• Resources in the collection should be free or low-cost and not overly commercial.