Lunch ‘N’ Learn with Noah Lenstra

Public Library Services for an Aging Population: Chair Fitness, Tech Support, StoryCorps, and More

Join Dr. Noah Lenstra, Assistant Professor of Library & Information Studies, for this engaging discussion of how public libraries are transforming to better serve an aging population. Public libraries are becoming the go-to space for tech support for the 73% of Americans aged 65 and older that according to the Pew Research Center need help staying up-to-date with emerging tech. They also contribute to health through things like chair- fitness classes, such as the Rural Hall Branch of the Forsyth County Public Library, which has offered a Sittercise class at the library every week since 2007. They further build community through inter-generational programs
like StoryCorps @ the Library, a national initiative Greensboro has participated in since 2014. Finally, in communities that lack senior centers, the public library IS the senior center, a reality already in place in rural communities across the U.S. Learn what the nearly 17,000 public libraries across the U.S. are doing to better serve their aging populations, and leave with the knowledge you need to bring public libraries into your research and teaching relating to older adults.

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RSVP by October 10th to have lunch provided.