Boomers and beyond reconsidering the role of libraries

Boomers and beyond reconsidering the role of libraries

A roadmap to the trends and perspectives on the library's role in meeting the needs of our aging population, this book offers * Proactive ideas that serve the increasing longevity of your patrons * Different perspectives on longevity from a variety of scholars and experts * A section on librari...

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Other Authors: Rothstein, Pauline M., Schull, Diantha Dow
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Published: Chicago American Library Association 2010
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Libraries and older people > United States
Aging > United States
Adult services in public libraries > United States
Online Access:Click Here to View Status and Holdings.
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505 1 # |a New patterns of aging : implications for libraries and cultural institutions / Joanne Gard Marshall and Victor Marshall -- Optimizing health : a life-span approach / Margie E. Lachman and Stefan Agrigoroaei -- Library leadership for mature adult learners in a changing world : the importance of attending to developmental diversity / Ellie Drago-Severson and Jessica Blum -- The importance of spirituality in an aging society / Robert C. Atchley -- Work and purpose after 50 / Stephen Ristau -- In search of active wisdom : libraries and consciousness-raising for adulthood II / Mary Catherine Bateson -- Information-questing moments : retirement-age Americans at the library door / Ronald J. Manheimer and Miwako Kidahashi -- Reconsidering age : the emerging role of cultural institutions / Diantha Dow Schull and Selma Thomas -- Reclaiming the "public" library : engaging immigrants, building democracy / Nan Kari and David Scheie -- The library as place in an aging society / Diantha Dow Schull -- Conversations and the true knowledge of generations / R. David Lankes with assistance from Pamela H. Jureller -- Old dogs, new tricks : the myths and the realities / Stephen Abram -- Musings on challenges for librarians in 2040 / Pauline Rothstein. 
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