Boomers and beyond reconsidering the role of libraries

• Other Authors: Rothstein, Pauline M., Schull, Diantha Dow
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago American Library Association 2010
• Subjects: Libraries and older people > United States; Aging > United States; Adult services in public libraries > United States
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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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.