This group, too, is managed by volunteers. Selected books often allow them to share memories and life-changing events. The Institutional Library Program at the Colorado State Library remembers the needs of seniors in its collections for state-operated nursing homes in Florence, Walsenburg, Trinidad, Monte Vista, and Rifle. The diversity of materials includes large print books, magazines, and videos. The Eagle Valley Library District has run a free Autobiography-Writing Program for Seniors for over a year now at two branches.
Folks get together weekly to share two pages that each has written.
Again, while seniors are the predominant participants, younger people are beginning to attend, too. The district works with historical groups several times a year to host programs, often targeted to seniors, such as Grand Junction author Carol McManus, whose wrote Ida , a book about her grandmother's life in the region. And finally, the Colorado Talking Book Library includes a large percentage of seniors in its customers. Vision and motion limitations increase with age. Click here to return to the Centennial State Libraries October 2000 Index Page.