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4/11/08 Announcing the 2008 Lifelong Access Libraries Leadership Institute

4/11/08 LFF Board Chair Leads Town Consideration of Future Library

Libraries for the Future (LFF)  invites applications from prospective Fellows for its third annual Lifelong Access Libraries Leadership Institute, to be held July 27-30, 2008, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.   Applications are due May 5, 2008; see instructions below on how to apply.

The Institute will introduce participants to Lifelong Access, a framework for working with active older adults that promotes learning and civic engagement. Lifelong Access offers an alternative to the predominant deficit-based model of aging by approaching this stage of life as an opportunity for individual and community renewal.  

The Institute will focus on three primary areas:  

(1) concepts and research underlying new approaches to working with midlife and older adults;  

(2) promising practices in library services, including the Lifelong Access framework for new older adult services; and  

(3) leadership skills in community librarianship.  

The cost of Fellows’ travel, tuition, and room and board for the Institute will be covered by LFF. A limited number of qualified candidates not selected as Fellows may participate at cost.  

The Lifelong Access Libraries Initiative is funded by a major grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies. 

To Apply:  
The application is available online and must be accompanied by a statement of support from the library director. Selection will be on a competitive basis.    

The deadline for submitting an application is May 5, 2008.  Please visit our website at http://www.lifelonglibraries.org for further details.

LFF Board Chair Jeffrey Scherer Leads Town Consideration of Future Library
April 11, 2008
Riverside, CA
"Riverside task force asked to list library, museum wants, needs"

As a follow-up to an op-ed piece he wrote for the Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise (see below), LFF Board Chair Jeffrey Scherer accepted an invitation to the town of Riverside, CA to lead a task force discussion of factors to consider in expanding the downtown library and museum. Click the title above to see local news coverage of the meeting, the first of five scheduled discussions at Riverside City Hall.

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How have changes in communications technology changed the expectations of today's library users, and how are innovative libraries keeping pace and anticipating new trends? Walls on wheels; computers liberated from a "tech getto" and interspersed throughout the building; roving librarians—these are just some of the changes described by LFF Board Chair Jeff Scherer, a library architect, in a February op-ed story for the Riverside (CA) Press Enterprise. Click on the title above for the full story.


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