Training Guide from the National Institute on Aging Helps Older Adults Find Health Information Online

The National Institute on Aging has developed a Toolkit for Trainers that can be used as an addition to computer training programs at public libraries, senior centers, community colleges, and lifelong learning centers, places where older adults typically take computer courses. Instructors at these locations can use the curriculum to teach older adults how to find accurate, up-to-date online health information on their own.

The Toolkit includes lesson plans, student handouts, Web searching exercises and illustrated glossaries.

“The Baby Boomers Guide to Social Security”

Yesterday's Wall Street Journal featured a special retirement section entitled “Encore.” The front page article is “The Baby Boomers Guide to Social Security” which highlights social security calculators, strategies and information for the almost 78 million Baby Boomers approaching eligibility next year.

If you are a NMRLS library, you will find it online on Gale.

Many gadgets on boomer holiday wish lists

Boston Globe article, November 20.

Lifelong Access Libraries Institute Alumnae

Elizabeth Dickinson and Nancy Aberman of Reading Public Library are among the newest graduates of the second annual Lifelong Access Libraries Institute held July 29 - August 3, 2007, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. See Elizabeth and Nancy (front and center) and news of the Institute at: http://data.webjunction.org/ea/documents/17773.html.

"The names we use for people over 50"

Libraries for the Future passed this on from today's Christian Science Monitor.

What Boomers Want

Check out this article from the July 15 Library Journal.

Lifelong Access Fellows Announced

Congratulations to Reading staff members Nancy Aberman and Elizabeth Dickinson who were selected as Lifelong Access Fellows. Nancy and Elizabeth will attend the second annual Lifelong Access Libraries Institute in North Carolina July 29 – August 3, 2007.

They are among 20 Fellows, representing 14 states, selected from a pool of 70 national applicants.

New York Times Magazine, May 6

Gloria Cole sent this link on The New Middle Ages. A special New York Times Magazine dedicated to aging.

New York Times on the Changing Face of Retirement

From WebJunction: On April 10, 2007, The New York Times published a special section on retirement. It focuses on the changing face of retirement among Baby Boomers and older adults. Articles cover topics such as civic engagement, re-careering, financial and life planning, and health and exercise. Share it with your Boomer patrons!

May is Older Adults Month

The American Library Association has information about what libraries are doing.

Deadline Extended: Lifelong Access Libraries Leadership Institute

There’s still time to apply! Extended Application Deadline: April 20, 2007

Enrich Your Work with Active Older Adults at the Second Annual

Lifelong Access Libraries™ Leadership Institute

Date: July 29-August 3, 2007

Location: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Applicants now have an extra week to apply to this exciting opportunity.

All costs for travel, tuition, and room and board for the Institute will be covered by ALC.

Participants will be selected from across the United States. Mid-career librarians with a demonstrated interest in reaching out to older adults are encouraged to apply.

To download an application and access information on the 2006 Institute program agenda, fellow profiles, and video clips visit our Lifelong Access Libraries Leadership Institute website.

Old Bridge Public Library "Senior Spaces" to Open June 8th

Nancy Alcorn is on her way back to the Northeast for a visit. She sends this information:

The Old Bridge (NJ) Public Library proudly announces that the "Senior Spaces," project will officially open on Friday, June 8th.

To inaugurate the space, the Old Bridge Public Library and the NJ Infolink Regional Library Cooperative, will be holding a library conference on the project. The keynote speaker
for the event will be none other than Dr. Betty Turock, Professor Emeritus, School of Library and Information Studies, Rutgers University. Allan Kleiman, Project Director & Designer of 'senior spaces," will speak about the concept, design, and future of the space. A formal ribbon cutting and tour of the space will take place at the end of the morning session.

For further information on the project, contact: Allan M. Kleiman, Old Bridge Public Library, 732-721-5600, ext. 5042; e-mail: seniorspaces@oldbridgelibrary.org. Keep up-to-date with senior spaces at: www.seniorspaces.blogspot.com

Video Games and Retirees?

Gloria Cole sent me this New York Times article on retirees and their new interest - gaming. And you thought just your teens were gamers!

Apply for the Lifelong Access Libraries Institute 2007

The second Lifelong Access Libraries Institute will be held July 29-August 3 at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Apply at: http://www.lifelonglibraries.org/training.php

The Boomer Century: 1946-2046 - On PBS, Mar. 27

THE BOOMER CENTURY: 1946-2046
Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET on PBS
Boomers have redefined every stage of life they have passed through, and will continue to re-write the rules as they enter the second half of their lives. THE BOOMER CENTURY: 1946-2046 covers the past, present and future as the boomers transform from innocent children into the idealistic and self-empowering adults of today.

Job Sites for Older Adults

Gloria Coles also told me about this recent NY Times article.

A New Breed of Tech for the Aging

"As the boomer generation moves toward retirement, companies are stepping up with innovative aids."

Gloria Coles of Libraries for the Future sent me this link from BusinessWeek Online and AARP .

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Tufts University

Nancy Alcorn, formerly of Newburyport Public Library, now Adult Services Librarian at Albuquerque (NM) Public Library, sent me this information to share:

It's been a while, but I continue to think of my former MA library colleagues often, and I do try to keep up with now "out-of-state" websites, blogs - including NMRLS - and other online reading as best I can.

Thought you might be interested in these lifelong learning/continuing education links and their course offerings, around which the University of New Mexico structures a continuing education "senior college" - and to think that the Osher Institute originated at the University of Southern Maine, and is now country wide, definitely an interest- and need-driven situation! Perhaps they would be of interest to your Access eXchange readers.

http://www.usm.maine.edu/olli/national/about.jsp

http://www.usm.maine.edu/olli/national/

And, I was wondering who in Albuquerque was reading the blog!
I've added the Tufts link to the Lifelong Access web site. I'd love to hear what you're all doing.

MetLife Foundation/Civic Ventures BreakThrough Award

Nominations are open for creative organizations that use the know-how and can-do of Americans over 50 to meet society’s biggest needs.

The BreakThrough Award is sponsored by Civic Ventures – a think tank and incubator generating ideas and inventing programs to help society achieve the greatest return on experience – and is funded by the MetLife Foundation.

Deadline: February 1, 2007

EqualAccess Grants Conference Calls

Interested in expanding programs for health consumers, Boomers/older adults, and/or youth in your community? This is a reminder that EqualAccess LSTA grant applications are due on January 19, 2007.

The remaining two informational conference calls about the EqualAccess program and application process are being held on Wednesday, January 3, 2007, at 2 p.m. for interested WMRLS, CMRLS, and SEMLS libraries and on Thursday, January 4, 2007, at 2 p.m. for interested MMRLS, BMRLS, and NMRLS libraries. (Just email Eleanor Stafford, the MA EqualAccess Program Manager, at eleanor.stafford@state.ma.us if you need to join us on an alternate day.)

To access a conference call, please call 866-679-8413 and type in passcode 6444188. If you have difficulty joining the call, call 617-725-1860 for assistance. (Note: These conference call access numbers are different from those you received in the EqualAccess
mailing.)

To download copies of EqualAccess application and program materials, including the LSTA fact sheet, go to:
http://ea.webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=14525 or email Eleanor Stafford at eleanor.stafford@state.ma.us