TY - BOOK AU - Rothstein,Pauline M. AU - Schull,Diantha Dow TI - Boomers and beyond: reconsidering the role of libraries SN - 9780838910146 (pbk.) PY - 2010/// CY - Chicago PB - American Library Association KW - Libraries and older people KW - United States KW - Adult services in public libraries KW - Aging N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -