December 15, 2008

User-friendly software for seniors?

A good article in today's Globe and Mail, there may be a place in libraries for this new software, and the price is right. It makes sense to have seniors teaching seniors.

Article on Adults and Gaming

Last post today - I promise!

Check out the link below to an interesting report on Adults and gaming!

http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/269/report_display.asp

An Interesting Article

Me again - see link below for another article on Older Adults and libraries!

http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/saturday/act2/ny-act2spd5945417nov29,0,7713560.story

Transforming Life After 50 Institute

Hello all! Check out this link to all of the presentations from the "Transforming Life After 50 Institute" held by the California State Library in Nov. 2007. ( I just got the link recently in a SeniorServ e-mail ). Lot of info. about the Boomers and libraries!

http://www.library.ca.gov/lds/tlaf.html

Here is another link to a webcast around the same topic.

http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/276/index.html