Cyberorganizing everyday heritage in and around public libraries: An exploratory study in Illinois RQ1: How are public libraries addressing popular interest.

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Cyberorganizing everyday heritage in and around public libraries: An exploratory study in Illinois RQ1: How are public libraries addressing popular interest in everyday heritage? RQ2: How can cyberorganizing enhance these services? 25 Ideas to Serve Active Older Adults… Compiled by Allan M. Kleiman, Chair, ALA RUSA RSS Library Service to an Aging Population Committee 3. Start an Oral History Project on Community Life … 4. Celebrated Veterans Day with Oral History Events… 5. Develop Inter-Generational Genealogy Projects 7. Host a Program during Older Americans Month for the 5 Oldest Community Residents 10. Host a Book Discussion Program on Best Sellers of the 1960’s and 1970’s 15. Develop ‘fun’ Programming for Baby Boomers, like, ‘Remembering the Beatles’ 21. Encourage the Local Historical Society to Partner with the Library on Programming

Table 1: Demographic profile of down-state participants Chicago: 16 participants Kankakee: 18 participants Danville: 20 participants Carbondale: 16 participants Champaign- Urbana DemographicWorkshopIllinoisU.S.A. Age (median)6037 Women (%)7051 Bachelor’s degree + (%) Post-Bachelor’s (%) Children in house1230 House income (median)$50,000$53,234$50,054 White, non-Hispanic (%)9464 Who came to the workshops?? Middle-class older adults Over-representation of white, more educated women without children in the home How to build on this base of popular interest?

Library 1Library 2Library 3Library 4 Population Budget10% of budget to Archives dept. Genealogy part of reference dept. Archives dept. part of reference No budget. Subscriptions to Ancestry.com Staffing2 full-time professional archivists Reference librarians’ responsibility 1 half-time archivist None Technical Tools Scanners, & Database Local History Wiki None CollaborationsGenealogy Society None Exhibit SpaceYesNoneYesNone DiversitySpecial exhibit during African- American History Month Representing local Black history a priority Black Family & Church History Days African- American Heritage Quest RQ1: How are public libraries addressing popular interest in everyday heritage?

RQ2: How can cyberorganizing enhance services?

Want to hear more? Lenstra, Noah Cyberorganizing Everyday Heritage in and around Public Libraries: An Exploratory Study in Illinois. Public Library Quarterly. 33(1). Bringing people together can spark change! Let’s do more of it!!