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Pioneers in Service
to Older Adults
LFF Board Member Christopher Cerf (center left) and President Diantha Dow Schull (center right) present a "Center of Excellence & Innovation" Award to the New Haven (CT) Free Public Library. Accepting the award are Kate Cosgrove and NHFPL Director James Welbourne.
October 2005
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Libraries for the Future Announces Two New Centers of Excellence and Innovation.
1) The North Carolina Lifelong Access Libraries Collaboration.
A unique collective, the Collaboration members are:
2) The Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System
Click Center of Excellence Press Release for the full press release.
Stay tuned for full profiles on each new Center of Excellence and Innovation.
Libraries for the Future designates Centers of Excellence and Innovation for setting the highest standards for Lifelong Access Libraries programs and services, serving as laboratories for community-library partnerships and professional learning to benefit older adults and their communities. The new Centers of Excellence join the following three designated in 2005.
- Allegheny County (PA) Library Association, with 44 member libraries, is expanding the civic and educational options for the older adults who make up 20% of the population of greater Pittsburgh. Model programs include the One Book, One Community program and Lifelinks for Family Caregivers.
- New Haven (CT) Free Public Library pioneered a series of Community Conversations on the needs and interests of older adults and mobilized older volunteers to expand educational opportunities for young children. These activities led to the formation of the 50+ Transition Center, offering programs on work, service and retirement.
- Phoenix (AZ) Public Library has made older adults a planning priority, responding to the large number of baby boomers residing in Phoenix. With two libraries assigned to Lifelong Access programming and focus groups running throughout greater Phoenix, the library is poised to re-design services for the entire 14-branch system.
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