Travelling Resource Trunks
Bring our knowledge to
you
Anyone in Canada
can borrow!
What are travelling trunks?
These customized mini-collections (generally around 30 items) are
compiled by The Centre for Literacy librarian
to meet your needs as a borrower. A trunk offers samples of materials
in a given subject area, including books, kits, audiocassettes, CD's,
videotapes, DVD's and selections from our vertical file. Trunks
can be used to preview materials you may want to eventually purchase,
to support professional development activities, or to enrich program
content.
Who uses Travelling Trunks, and for what?
If you are a literacy teacher, tutor or coordinator,
Travelling Trunks enable you to preview materials, to support
professional development, or to enrich program content.
If you are a researcher, they allow you to borrow large
numbers of items at one time, or review literature on a given topic.
If you work in a field that has a literacy component,
Travelling Trunks can be used in displays at professional events to
raise awareness or to support training.
If you can imagine a use for them, we can make it happen.
Customized Travelling Trunks
Our librarian can create a customized trunk to match your
specifications. Fill out the trunk
request form
to request a trunk and let us know what you want
included. Examples of topics for customized trunks include:
- Health Literacy
- Learning Disabilities
- Numeracy
- Media and Technology
 Native Literacy- Family Literacy
- Adult Basic Education
We recommend that you first have a look at our online catalogue
or talk with our librarian to get a sense of what is in our
collection.
Borrowing Conditions
To borrow a Traveling Trunk, you must be affiliated with
an organization and sign a form accepting responsibility for lost or
damaged items. Trunks circulate for a period of ten (10) weeks, and may
be renewed on a case-by-case basis, subject to demand.
In exceptional cases, individuals may be permitted to borrow a
traveling resource trunk. Such individuals will need to make a cash
deposit or provide a credit card number as guarantee for the materials
' return.
Borrowers are responsible for returning materials within this
10 week period, and for paying the costs of shipping/postage.
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