A Place for Us? Baby Boomers, Their Elders, and the Public Library: A Proposal for the Research Round Table

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Robbins
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Round Table ◽  
Research Project ◽  
The Public ◽  
Vieillissement De La Population

As Canada’s population ages, a growing subset of aging baby boomers is providing care and companionship to elders. What role does the public library play as a place in the lives of these patrons? This qualitative research project seeks to understand the characteristics and behaviours of this user group.Avec le vieillissement de la population canadienne, un nombre croissant de baby-boomers vieillissant prennent soins et s’occupent du bien-être des aînés. Quel est le rôle des bibliothèques publiques dans la vie de ces usagers? Ce projet de recherche qualitatif cherche à comprendre les caractéristiques et les comportements de ce groupe d’usagers. 

The crossover generation: Baby boomers and the role of the public library

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsty Williamson ◽  
Marion Bannister ◽  
Jen Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Public Library ◽  
The Public

scholarly journals Baby boomers, their elders and the public library

2012 ◽  
Vol 61 (8/9) ◽  
pp. 622-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary F. Cavanagh ◽  
Wendy Robbins
Keyword(s):  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Public Library ◽  
The Public

scholarly journals ‘Wanting it now’: baby boomers and the public library of the future

2006 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsty Williamson ◽  
Marion Bannister ◽  
Lynne Makin ◽  
Graeme Johanson ◽  
Don Schauder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Public Library ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Future

From the History of the Public Library in the Village Tagai of Simbirsk District in Simbirsk Province

2010 ◽  
pp. 102-106
Author(s):  
Valentina M. Patutkina
Keyword(s):  
Public Library ◽  
Library History ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ulyanovsk Region ◽  
History Of ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
The Village

The article is dedicated to unknown page in the library history of Ulyanovsk region. The author writes about the role of Trusteeship on people temperance in opening of libraries. The history of public library organized in the beginning of XX century in the Tagai village of Simbirsk district in Simbirsk province is renewed.

Write–Reach–Repeat

2020 ◽  
pp. 1083-1093
Author(s):  
Robin M. Boylorn
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Future ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter considers the role, importance, and impact of public intellectualism on the future of qualitative research. The chapter argues that the move toward technology and the public dissemination of information via the internet requires a shift in how and what we research with an expressed intention of reaching a broader and nonacademic audience. The chapter considers the relationship between the private and public sphere, and the so-called “bastardization” of intellectualism to explain the role and rise of public intellectualism in qualitative research. By considering issues such as personal subjectivity, accountability, representation, and epistemological privilege, the chapter discusses how public contexts inform qualitative research and, conversely, how qualitative research can inform the public.

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