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Boomers and beyond : reconsidering the role of libraries / edited by Pauline Rothstein and Diantha Dow Schull.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Libraries and older people--United States.
- Libraries and older people.
- Adult services in public libraries--United States.
- Adult services in public libraries.
- Aging--United States.
- Aging.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (154 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : American Library Association, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Supporting this growing population is a concern of many, and this book will help you find ways to be creative and take the initiative to build a better service model for these customers.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-09333-2
- 9786613093332
- 0-8389-9089-4
- OCLC:
- 719321893
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