Transforming: Services

Library Services & Programs for Older Adults: The Top 10 Ways!

On Demand

ALA Unit/Subunit: RUSA

Speaker(s)

Allan M. Kleiman

Library Director
Edison Public Library
Montville, New Jersey
Fatima Perkins

Director of Community Outreach & Advocacy
Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging, OH
Cleveland, Ohio

Slides Slides

Moderator(s)

Allan M. Kleiman

Library Director
Edison Public Library
Montville, New Jersey

Library Service to Older Adults 'guru" Allan M. Kleiman and aging services "maven" Fatima Perkins will share their over 50+ combined years experience working in the field of Library Services to Older Adults and the aging network with 50+ generation as practitioners, consultants, authors, trainers. Topics to be discussed include: What are the best models of services and programs that you can replicate at your Library if you are just starting out or even have had a program at your Library for many years? How can you tailor these ideas to the changing demographics in your community? How can you utilize technology to reach a wider and more diverse audience? How do you get the 50+ involved in your programming efforts? And, finally, how do you make this all happen?

Learning Objectives:

Better understand the changing demographics of the 50+ and older adult population in their community
Utilize the ideas learned from this presentation to develop, adapt and/or expand their programs & services to this cohort
Discover ways to get the 50+ an older adult population interested and involved in program development