Presentation given by Jackie Mayes, a Masters student on the University of Ulster Library and Information Management course at the LISC NI 2010 AGM

1. Developing Library Services for Older People: An investigation into the Baby Boomer Generation Jackie Mayes Library Assistant: Libraries NI

3. Developing Library Services for Older People An investigation into the Baby Boomer Generation Aims and Objectives: Aim: How can library services develop, enhance and expand to meet the current and future needs and wants of older people? Objectives: What role should the public library service be playing to meet the needs and wants of older people? What services would older people expect from their public library service?

8. Developing Library Services for Older People An investigation into the Baby Boomer Generation Data Collection Methods: Semi-structured one-to-one interviews with four Branch Library Managers within Libraries NI and a Gatekeeper from an agency for older people. “ The purpose of interviewing is to find out what is in and on a person’s mind…, to access the perspective of the person being interviewed …, to find out from them things that we cannot directly observe.”(Patton, 1990, p. 278)