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Websites of interest
5:12 PM EST 1/3/06
Got a great source of info? Come on, I know you do. Share your secrets!
Here's a couple of mine:
The Connecticut Library Consortium's list of resources can be found here:
http://www.ctlibrarians.org/events/soar.html#soarResources
And at the Connecticut WebJunction home page we have some information about serving older adults:
http://ct.webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=7763
I showed you mine, now you show me yours.
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NIH OA sites
1:10 PM EDT 6/21/05
as a reply to Douglas Lord.
The National Institute on Aging has a thoughtful site at http://www.nia.nih.gov/ which is also en Espanol.
They seem especially concerned with Alzheimer's Disease but also have info on health, exercise and a category for caregivers. The publications are online at http://www.niapublications.org/
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Cleveland's "Seniors Connect" & Multinomah's 55+
1:09 PM EDT 6/21/05
as a reply to Douglas Lord.
Alert on 2 "good" library sites for older adults. These are considerate web sites designed specifically to target OAs.
Cleveland Public Library's "Seniors Connect @ CPL at: http://www.cpl.org/EventsCalendar.asp?FormMode=SeniorsInfo
Multinomah County (Portland Oregon metro area) Library's site called "Fifty-five Plus - the one stop shop for those fifty-five years of age and older!" at: http://www.multcolib.org/seniors/index.html
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Re: Websites of interest
5:13 PM EST 1/3/06
as a reply to Douglas Lord.
This is a great set of resources, fishrocker! Thanks for bringing this area of patron services to our attention.
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WHCOA
1:11 PM EDT 6/21/05
as a reply to Douglas Lord.
Just a heads up -- you can participate in the Pre-White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA)Forum. It's a free preconference to the American Library Association Annual COnference in June. We will be discussing what the library delegates to the WHCOA should bring to the table. There is still space available. If you are interested in registering for the Forum, go to the forum website http://www.ala.org/ala/rusabucket/prewhcoaforum/whcoa2005forum.htm If you would like to attend the actual WHCOA as an at-large delegate, visit their website. http://www.whcoa.gov Message was edited by: blg3 (to make the links hot  )
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ALA's "Outreach Resources to Underserved Populations
1:13 PM EDT 6/21/05
as a reply to Douglas Lord.
Thanks for the heads-up, Rhea, great tip!
I recently looked at ALAs page on Outreach Resources to Underserved Populations: http://www.ala.org/ala/olos/outreachresource/servicesolder.htm. Its pretty good (and, btw, Rhea's all over it).
In it is a column by Kathy Mayo (Lee County, FL Library System) that might be of particular interest as it concerns The Public Library as Programming Resource for the Senior Community: http://www.ala.org/ala/olos/outreachresource/olderadults2.htm.
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Minnesota PL
4:29 PM EDT 5/9/05
as a reply to Douglas Lord.
As noted on SENIORSERV, MPL has highlighted Older Americans month at http://www.mplib.org/hottopics4.asp. It's looking good. Links at the bottom (useful for your site?) to sites like the Good Age Newspaper: http://www.wilder.org/goodage/.
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Re: WHCOA - anyone going?
1:12 PM EDT 6/21/05
as a reply to Rhea Rubin.
I'm curious if any of our intrepid readers WJ-land is planning on going to the ALA Preconference and/or the WHCOA? As to the latter, are you an at-large delegate or were you considered by your state's Governor?
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SENIORSERV fyi
9:53 AM EDT 5/20/05
as a reply to Douglas Lord.
As everyone may or may not know, SENIORSERV is ALA's discussion list for librarians serving older adults.
Subscribe here: http://www.ala.org/ala/olos/outreachresource/instructions.htm
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Benefits Checkup site
1:10 PM EDT 6/21/05
as a reply to Douglas Lord.
Benefits Checkup is a free site from the National Council on the Aging that checks a user's profile against a database of registered programs.
It tries to identify programs of which users are not taking advantage
https://ssl2.benefitscheckup.org/
Some of their blurbs:
"BenefitsCheckUp helps thousands every day to find programs for people ages 55 and over that may pay for some of their costs of prescription drugs, health care, utilities, and other essential items or services."
"The National Council on the Aging is a national, nonprofit group of people and organizations dedicated to promoting the dignity, independance, well-being, and contributions of older people."
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AARP's Older Wiser Wired + 1
1:57 PM EDT 6/3/05
as a reply to Douglas Lord.
As noted on SeniorServ and the WHCoA listservs, AARP has developed some resources at its http://www.aarp.org/olderwiserwired/ site which concentrate on web design and usability in regards to seniors.
It put me in mind of an article I read from InternetWeek at http://www.internetweek.com/webdev/57704096 concerning web-friendly design and a Kaiser Family Foundation (www.kff.org) survey.
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Ridgefield PL, CT survey + brochure
1:06 PM EDT 6/21/05
as a reply to Douglas Lord.
Mary Rindfleisch, Assistant Director of CT's Ridgefield Public Library has developed a survey and a promotional brochure. The former is a 21-question library usage questionnaire that was used at a recent health fair event in Ridegfield. This event, btw, drew 600 (!) older adults attendees! So if you're looking to exhibit or for a community wide program (hint), there's a good one. The latter is a nice little brochure targeting seniors and includes grandparenting info, health and wellness info, and cleverly disguised advertisements for large print. Take a peek, you'll like what you see. Thanks, Mary, for being generous enough to share this with the community!
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Morton Grove PL's Webrary
1:15 PM EDT 6/21/05
as a reply to Douglas Lord.
MGPL's Webrary Senior Center is lookin' pretty darned good.
http://www.webrary.org/senior/seniormenu.html
Topics of interest include: $, Retirement, Health & Medicine, What's Availalbe to Residents.
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Best Practices list from Canada
1:18 PM EDT 6/21/05
as a reply to Douglas Lord.
Saskatchewan Libraries' Best Practices for Library Services to Seniors. Thoughtful, considerate advo.
"Libraries will have to manage their collections to accommodate interests in voluntarism, financial management, hobbies, health issues, etc.
Inevitably, accessibility will continue to be an issue for seniors."
check it out at: http://www.lib.sk.ca/staff/bestpractices/seniors.html
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aarp.org, seniordiscounts.com, and elderhostel.org
10:15 AM EST 12/8/05
as a reply to Douglas Lord.
Three to get started:
http://www.seniordiscounts.com/ haven't actually used any of these yet but am hoping to find a real bargain soon!
http://www.aarp.org/
lots of info for those of us over 50
enjoy the email newsletters, particularly Book Talk
sign-up at http://www.aarp.org/emailnews/
http://www.elderhostel.org/welcome/home.asp
dream about that next vacation destination
Message was edited by: fishrocker - to make the links hot!
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Re: WHCOA
1:05 PM EDT 7/6/05
as a reply to Rhea Rubin.
If you attended the forum at the ALA Conference in Chicago related to the Whitehouse Conference on Aging in December 2005, I would like to hear what you will be doing to follow-up. I especially would like to know how you are going to interact with the delegates from your state to get the "library" message into the Whitehouse Counference.
Thanks,
Sandy Newell
snewell@dos.state.fl.us
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Savvysenior.org, Seniornet.org
10:14 AM EST 12/8/05
as a reply to Douglas Lord.
A nice set of resources for seniors is presented on Savvy Senior's Senior Center Page listing many sites including General Help, Health related topics, travel, volunteerism, and government agencies.
http://www.savvysenior.org/seniorcenter.htm
SeniorNet
A national nonprofit organization whose mission is to build a community of computer-using seniors. Provides adults 55 and older with informatiion and instruction about computer technologies.
You'll find free web courses, many self paced, discounts, discussions, etc. at
http://www.seniornet.org/php/default.php
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WHCoA
10:14 AM EST 12/8/05
as a reply to Douglas Lord.
As many of you know, the Whitehouse Conference on Aging (WHCA) is in December this year. I would like to hear what States are doing to connect with your delegates. What have you done to inform them about ways libraries provide services for the aging? For example, have library directors done personal phone calls, mailings or some other communication with the delegates? What role has your State Library played?
Please let me know any thoughts, suggestions or things that have worked. I know that a lot of states, including Florida, have already held major forums related to WHCA. In our state, the library was not connected.
I did go to the ALA forum in Chicago about this and know that ALA will be providing a paper to inform the delegates.
Sandy Newell
State Library & Archives of Florida
850-245-6624
snewell@dos.state.fl.us
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Aging Hipsters
4:03 PM EDT 7/14/05
as a reply to Douglas Lord.
I ran across this site and thought it was pretty interesting: http://www.aginghipsters.com/.
It's maybe best described as a pulse check (?) for Boomers who are fighting getting older and who also are still somewhat concerned about the issues of their day (medical marijuana, music, etc) as applied to today.
There are (ahem) age-appropriate links and a cool thing I never paid attention to before, that is at the top of the page there's a "Text Zoom" option that, well, zooms the text. There's even a "Library" section.
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Arthritis fact sheet - en Espanol
10:00 AM EDT 7/28/05
as a reply to Douglas Lord.
Connie Van Fleet (U. of Oklahoma) was nice enough to post this to ALA's Seniorserv; if you haven't seen it it's worth maybe a look.
http://www.niapublications.org/spnagepages/arthritis-sp.asp
Most of this info comes from the press release: To order copies that look pretty nice of this pub, called "Consejos Sobre la Artritis", call 1-800-222-2225 toll free. The NIA Information Center is open weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. eastern time. An information specialist will be available to respond to calls in Spanish.
This and other Spanish publications on healthy aging also are available on the NIA Web site at www.niapublications.org.
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