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Designing Adult Services: Strategies for Better Serving Your Community,Used
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Focusing on adult patrons ages 19 through senior citizens, this book explains how libraries can best serve this portion of their community's population at different life stages and foster experiences that are "worth the trip"whether actual or virtual.Adult library patrons are busier than ever beforeworking, taking classes and studying for advanced degrees, caring for children, helping their aging parents, taking care of their homes or rental properties, planning and nurturing careers, managing investments and retirement funds, and inevitably retiring. Each of these endeavors can require highly specific learning and education. Throughout their lives, adults continue to have different information needs that the library and its services can fill. Designing Adult Services: Strategies for Better Serving Your Community discusses the many ways libraries can serve adults of various ages and at different life stages, covering online services, collection development, programming, and lifelong learning.This guide's unique approach simplifies the processes of designing and carrying out a successful adult services program for adult library users in all the various stages of life. The book is organized by age groups, with the respective information needs and life challenges. Each chapter suggests programs, services, and collection development strategies for the life stages. Public library administrators and managers as well as adult services librarians in public libraries will find this guide a mustread.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the primary focus of 'Designing Adult Services'? A: The book primarily focuses on how libraries can effectively serve adult patrons, from young adults to senior citizens, by addressing their unique information needs at different life stages.
- Q: Who is the author of 'Designing Adult Services'? A: The author of 'Designing Adult Services: Strategies for Better Serving Your Community' is Ann Roberts.
- Q: What topics are covered in this book? A: The book covers a variety of topics including online services, collection development, programming, and lifelong learning tailored to adult patrons.
- Q: How is the content of the book organized? A: The content is organized by age groups, detailing the respective information needs and life challenges faced by adults at different stages of life.
- Q: What type of professionals would benefit from this guide? A: Public library administrators, managers, and adult services librarians will find this guide particularly useful for designing adult services programs.
- Q: When was 'Designing Adult Services' published? A: The book was published on November 1, 2017.
- Q: What is the binding type of this book? A: The book is available in a paperback binding.
- Q: How many pages does 'Designing Adult Services' contain? A: The book contains 194 pages.
- Q: Is the book suitable for all types of libraries? A: Yes, the strategies and insights provided in the book are applicable to various types of libraries looking to enhance their adult services.
- Q: What is the condition of the book? A: The book is in new condition.