readings for 03-09 November 2008
services for adults
- in the text, read pages 183-202,
Adult Services
- the earlier parts of the chapter are for background; focus more closely on the sections starting on page 187, Types of Adult Services Today
- state level approaches
- Transforming Life After 50 Institute, one approach
- by comparison, look at the offerings from the North Carolina State Library, the Washington State Library, the Indiana State Library, and the Library of Virginia.
- Is there any sign that they are thinking seriously in the same line as the California State Library?
The California State Library, with funding from LSTA, launched a statewide initiative in 2007 to inspire library innovation in redefining, creating and delivering services to, and engaging with our state’s growing population of baby boomers. This group of active older adults is expected to grow more than twice as fast as California’s total population, increasing to 8.5 million people by 2020.
- rural area considerations
- Look at Where We Are, a blog by the librarian in Quitman, TX.
- Are we getting older and are smaller places are being left behind?
- Julie Stafford, The Public Library: Meeting the Personal and Information Needs of Rural Senior Citizens, Bookmobiles and Outreach Services 6 no1 19-35 2003
- Look at Where We Are, a blog by the librarian in Quitman, TX.
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