This series of four webinars is an overview of issues regarding senior patrons and libraries.

Presenter:  For over 30 years, Allan M. Kleiman has shared his expertise as a practicing librarian, author, consultant, library school instructor and frequent workshop leader in the areas of library services to older adults, collection development, diversity and technology. He is the recipient of the Margaret Monroe Award in Adult Services from the American Library Association and is past Chair and member of its Library Service to an Aging Population Committee. He was only one of four official delegates to the White House Conference on Aging in 2005. His recent collection development article on “The New Retirees” appeared in the July 2010 issue of Library Journal.

Topics and Dates:

Gaming for Seniors
Thursday, June 2, 2011
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Registration

An Overview of Working with Senior Patrons and Technology
Thursday, June 16, 2011
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Registration

Social Networking with Seniors
Thursday, July 7, 2011
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Registration

Outreach to Seniors
Thursday, July 21, 2011
11:00 a.m. – 12:30
Registration

The stories are there so that you can incorporate the best practices of these grant projects at your library. Read Hartford’s here.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Online

For additional details and registration information visit: Senior Spaces: Creating Your Library as a Place for Older Adults

The project has drawn waiting list crowds and attracted WFSB’s local interest show Better Connecticut.

The piece aired Wednesday, October 27th at 3pm on WFSB, but you can view the show online at the WFSB site.

Carolyn Condon, Associate Producer of Better CT, remarked on “how amazing it is that every person in the class was able to create such great work in only a short amount of time.”

Hartford Public Library
500 Main Street
Hartford, CT  06103
860-695-6284

Mary Albro, Penny Rusnak, and Brenda Miller – kudos!

RoseAleta Laurell has worked with seniors for over 6 years, teaching them everything from email to wikis to Facebook. She will share some of her ideas, inspirations and thoughts on working with senior citizens. Ms. Laurell is the director at the Ingleside Public Library, and has been chosen to participate in the IMLS Western Regional Fellowship: Transforming Life After 50.

With 17% of the Texas population 55 years old or older and over 20% in the US in the same age category, providing services for “Boomers” is a challenge for all libraries. Join us to learn how to best help your older patrons in learning and using new technologies!

October 12, 2010
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Online

For additional details and registration information visit: Technology Training for Seniors

The discussion boards have multiple threads, including upcoming events, web sites of interest, programming resources, and articles of interest.

There are best practices articles in the documents section that can clue you in on how award-winning libraries like New Haven and Middletown’s Russell Library provide services to older adults. The documents section also has PowerPoint presentations of best practices.

There is also a link to the April, 2010 WebJunction webinar on best practices related to services to older adults with a special emphasis on the Baby Boom generation.

So check out the Older Adults & Seniors section. It’s free, you can easily set up RSS feeds to your blog reader and contribute to the message boards with ideas, questions, and best practices of your own.

The project will provide fine arts and humanities workshops and heritage-based seminars. Seven planned modules will provide hands-on instruction in pen and ink drawing, visual arts, poetry writing, photography, appreciation of blues and jazz, sculpture, and memoir writing. Each module includes an artist- or scholar-led heritage-based seminar incorporating artifacts, images, and personal narratives from the collections of the Hartford History Center. Older adults will enjoy opportunities to discover (or re-discover) and express their creativity and develop artistic and critical thinking skills.

LSTA funding comes from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute’s mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas.

We’re fortunate to have guest speaker Michelle Eberle, Consumer Health Information Coordinator of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine New England Region. Michelle served on the Center for Disease Control’s Expert Panel on Health Literacy for Older Adults.

Susan Hansen and I heartily encourage reference staff to come AND we encourage librarians to bring their senior center directors whenever possible. Register on CLC’s page.

Also, in case you missed it, you can also find an archived version of my April 6 national webinar “Libraries Go Boom” through the root webjunction ct site.

Bonus prizes for any and all who post information or resources up on our message boards at WebJunction CT prior to the meeting.

See you at the meeting; start time is 9:30 for cofee and networking, and the meeting gets started at 10:00 AM.

Special Earth Day Event FREE webinar hosted by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning and Civic Ventures.

2:30 PM Wednesday April 21, 2010

The emerging green economy needs the talent and experience of the Baby Boomer generation to create jobs, cut carbon and save energy. Participate in the webinar to explore:

• Key roles where encore talent is needed now
• Current green jobs data and emerging encore career opportunities
• New strategies for workforce development and case studies of employers that are tapping encore talent
• Real-life stories from people who have made the transition

Register here; read CAEL’s report “How Boomers Can Help the Nation
Go Green: Emerging Encore Career Opportunities In the Green Economy” here.