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July 11, 2005

Library Services for Older Adults

WebJunction offers a section with practical advice on creating and improving your library's services to older adults.  Included are the "top twenty" ways to serve this group, success stories, information about LSTA funding for such services, web usability information for seniors, and links to additional resources.

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I wonder just how many of us fogies out here who are over the magic 55 mark are, shall we say, not quite ready to be called Senior Citizens (as in some of the 20 suggestions).

Or does Senior these days mean, say, 75+?


Posted by: walt crawford | July11, 2005

I think that "older adults" is the more PC term nowadays, but "senior citizens" still pervades the culture--special menu options at restaurants, discounts at movies, etc. And "senior citizens" outranks "older adults" on Google by 800,000 pages, which is odd because "older adults" might appear as a phrase in a different context too. And is there a firm definition of who qualifies as a senior citizen? Is it 55? 60? 65? Just as retirement age has gone up, perhaps senior citizen age has gone up too :)

Posted by: Sarah Houghton (Librarian in Black) | July12, 2005

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