Your Creative Aging Use Guide

 

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Confidently Launch Creative Aging
in Your Library

From quick-start guides to proven strategies, explore everything you need to plan, run,
and sustain creative aging programs that matter.

Webinar Series

These two webinar series guide library workers through every stage of building creative aging programs—from sparking strong partnerships and reaching older adults to deepening engagement and using evaluation to show impact. Along the way, you’ll hear real-world insights from Lifetime Arts, Califa’s Infopeople, David Scheie (Touchstone Center for Collaborative Inquiry), and library workers, teaching artists, and older adults from Wyoming and Missouri.

First Series

PART 1

Building the Case for Creative Aging Through Program Evaluation

Understand the basics of creative aging and why it matters for older adults and libraries. Then hear from three Wyoming library workers who share practical, proven strategies to build partnerships, reach new audiences, and grow creative aging programs in rural and urban communities.

PART 2

Building Bridges: Engaging Older Library Patrons via Partnerships

Discover how evaluation can strengthen and sustain creative aging programs in your library. This webinar shares real-world library case studies and practical, easy-to-use strategies for collecting and leveraging data—guided by David Scheie’s years of evaluation expertise.

PART 3

Building Engagement: Recruiting and Retaining Older Adults

Learn how to launch and grow creative aging programs that engage older adults and strengthen your library’s impact. Lifetime Arts experts share proven marketing and recruitment strategies, plus real-world outreach tips from library workers in Missouri and Wyoming.

Second Series

PART 1

Why Creative Aging? A Practical Guide for Libraries

Kick off the series with an essential guide to launching creative aging programs in your library. Discover how these programs support older adult health, brain wellness, and social connection—and why libraries are uniquely positioned to lead this work. 

PART 2

Creative Aging in Rural and Small Libraries: Models & Solutions

Through real-world case studies, learn how library staff adapted to limited resources, built community partnerships, and recruited participants. Gain strategies for overcoming barriers and making creative aging programs sustainable and meaningful in rural contexts. 

PART 3

Building Buy-In: Gaining Creative Aging Support at Local and State Levels

Learn strategies to engage stakeholders, align with current funding priorities, and communicate program impact. This session will help library leaders, administrators, and advocates understand how to position creative aging as an essential service for older adults. 

TAKE ACTION

Turn Your Library Into a Hub of Creativity

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Discover What’s Possible

Learn how Creative Aging transforms lives through research and proven practices.

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Be Inspired by Success

See real library programs making an impact in communities like yours.

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Bring It to Life

Access tools and resources to launch Creative Aging at your library.

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