We now have a new online digital literacy library featuring two collections of works and publications from Decoda Literacy Solutions and Literacy BC (the provincial literacy organization prior to 2011).  The platform used is Internet Archive and all items in the digital library are in PDF format that can be downloaded on your device for free. The purpose of the digital collection is to make it the hub for Canadian literacy research and information in BC.  

Both collections offer valuable information to literacy practitioners, researchers, adult learners and community programs throughout Canada. They cover topics such as workplace literacy, adult literacy, youth literacy and family literacy and are accessible for free 

 The Collections 

1. Decoda Literacy Library Collection 
2. Literacy BC Newsletters

The first collection features 57 publications from Decoda Literacy Solutions and Literacy BC, along with foundational information about Literacy BC. The materials date back to 1988 and include final reports on major Literacy BC projects such as the 2003 Final Report on the Literacy BC Summer Institute and the National Youth Literacy Demonstration Project.  

The collection also contains publications from significant Decoda Literacy Solutions projects, including the Strengthening Rural Canada series—beginning with its first publication, Strengthening Rural Canada: Fewer and Older – The Population and Demographic Dilemma in Rural British Columbia and materials from the Displaced Workers Project. 

The second collection features 151 published newsletters from Literacy BC and its founding literacy partners. The newsletters contain literacy information, major literacy events and projects including cost-sharing projects in all parts of British Columbia between 1988-1999. Also included are newsletters from Literacy BC founding partner, Adult Literacy Contact Centre dating back to it’s First issue in March 1988.   

 Research Partnership Opportunity 

Decoda’s digital literacy library  also offers a partnership opportunity to you and your organization.   We would love to work with you to make your work electronically accessible in our digital library. Copyright and permission will be stated for educational, research and private study purposes under Copyright Act of Canada (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42, s. 29). You will receive credit for your work. 

If you have any PDFs containing research or publications surrounding the topic of literacy in BC, please email Decoda Literacy Library at library@decoda.ca. 

New Resources in Decoda Literacy Library

• Pop’n Read: Educational Multisensory Games
• Literacy Techniques for Building Successful Readers and Writers by David Booth and Larry Swartz
• Shine : A Children’s Book About Joy, Hope and Friendship by Melanie Joy Harder
• The Extraordinary Girl: A Children’s Book About Comparison, Confidence and Discovering Our Gifts by Melanie Joy Harder
•  Free to be me: A Children’s Book About Becoming Mentally Strong and Self-Confident by Melanie Joy Harder
• Keeping My Power: A Story for Kids About Self-Regulation, Social Interactions, and Taking Responsibility by Melanie Joy Harder

• The Intentional Teacher Choosing the Best Strategies for Young Children’s Learning Edited by Amy Schmidtke
•  Leveled Reading, Leveled Lives: How Students’ Reading Achievement has Been Held Back and What we Can do About it by Timothy Shanahan

• 101 Boardroom Problems and How to Solve Them by Eli Mina
• The Power of Giving: How Giving Back Enriches Us All by Azim Jamal and Harvey McKinnon