Boomers and beyond
Subtitle: reconsidering the role of libraries
By: edited by Pauline Rothstein and Diantha Dow Schull
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780838910146
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: New patterns of aging : implications for libraries and cultural institutions / Joanne Gard Marshall and Victor Marshall; title: Optimizing health : a life-span approach / Margie E. Lachman and Stefan Agrigoroaei; title: Library leadership for mature adult learners in a changing world : the importance of attending to developmental diversity / Ellie Drago-Severson and Jessica Blum; title: The importance of spirituality in an aging society / Robert C. Atchley; title: Work and purpose after 50 / Stephen Ristau; title: In search of active wisdom : libraries and consciousness-raising for adulthood II / Mary Catherine Bateson; title: Information-questing moments : retirement-age Americans at the library door / Ronald J. Manheimer and Miwako Kidahashi; title: Reconsidering age : the emerging role of cultural institutions / Diantha Dow Schull and Selma Thomas; title: Reclaiming the "public" library : engaging immigrants, building democracy / Nan Kari and David Scheie; title: The library as place in an aging society / Diantha Dow Schull; title: Conversations and the true knowledge of generations / R. David Lankes with assistance from Pamela H. Jureller; title: Old dogs, new tricks : the myths and the realities / Stephen Abram; title: Musings on challenges for librarians in 2040 / Pauline Rothstein.