Literacy Online
- University of Pennsylvania site concerning literacy for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide.
- http://literacy.org/

Room To Read
- Serves children in Nepal and Vietnam, and was founded on the belief that education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty and taking control of one's own life.
- http://www.roomtoread.org/

Book 'Em
- A non-profit organization seeking to inspire a love of books and reading in all children. Based in Nashville, Tennessee.
- http://www.bookem-kids.org/

Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy
- Research and community support center whose focus is increasing awareness of the overall spectrum of literacy issues.
- http://www.boggslit.org/

LiteracyTent
- A collaborative environment for literacy-related resources including news, discussions, field-generated documents and mailing lists.
- http://literacytent.org/

Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS)
- LINCS is the literacy community's gateway to the world of adult education and literacy resources on the Internet. The goal of LINCS is to bring adult literacy-related resources and expertise to a single point of access for users throughout the world.
- http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/

NYTimes.com - When Backyards Were Laboratories
- Scientific literacy begins at home. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]
- http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/19/weekinreview/19FOUN.html

Adult Education Participation in North America: International Perspectives
- U.S. Department of Education, Human Resources Development Canada, and Statistics Canada drew upon the results of the International Adult Literacy Survey and examined levels of literacy achieved in North America.
- http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/89-574-XIE/89-574-XIE98001.pdf

National Center for Literacy
- Hosted by Harvard, good resource for links to literacy both as an academic study and to practical materials such as their inexpensive materials "Focus on Basics."
- http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall/

Verizon Reads
- Verizon partners with local celebrities in communities to connect literacy to a familiar face, bring attention to a critical issue and raise awareness and funding for the cause. Find a list of program partners, celebrity helpers, personal testimonials, a
- http://www.verizonreads.net/

FIU Libraries
- Florida International University Library's Information Literacy section enables links to various academic and practical resources on Literacy research, opinion and training.
- http://www.fiu.edu/~library/ili/

National Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy
- California's Berkeley hosts the research consortium called NCSWL, aimed at understanding how writing is best learned and taught--from the early years through adulthood. Completed research, workshops and publications as well as researchers are cove
- http://www-gse.berkeley.edu/research/NCSWL/csw.homepage.html

New Literacy Through Technology
- Is technology developing a whole new kind of literacy? Once-literate people may find themselves classified as illiterate according to this new system.
- http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/tfranklin/literate.htm

Literacy and Education
- "This page has assorted links to papers on literacy and education, as well as links to several related gopher archives."
- http://eserver.org/literacy/

National Center for Family Literacy
- Details about initiatives, research and statistics on literacy, newsletter, projects, a FAQ, press releases, and links to community programs.
- http://www.famlit.org/

Barksdale Reading Institute
- Designed to dramatically improve the reading skills of children through a systematic and direct implementation of a research-based reading reform model.
- http://bri.olemiss.edu/

Applied Scholastics: Opening the Doors to Learning
- Acclaimed as a major breakthrough in education by specialists and lay practitioners alike, the Applied Scholastics approach developed by L. Ron Hubbard is called Study Technology.
- http://www.appliedscholastics.org/

Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. (RIF)
- America's largest non-profit children's and family literacy organization.
- http://www.rif.org/

Laubach Literacy
- Nonprofit educational corporation dedicated to helping adults of all ages improve their lives and their communities by learning reading, writing, math and problem-solving skills.
- http://www.laubach.org