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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Posting on behalf of Meijuan Miao. Please respond directly to Meijuan at
<a href="mailto:meijuan@illinois.edu">meijuan@illinois.edu</a>. Please excuse duplication.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Dear librarians,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:black">My name is Meijuan Miao, a Ph.D. student majoring in Library Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently, I am conducting research on intergenerational programs/activities
that libraries provide to increase interaction between older people and children/adolescent/young people in the era of aging, such as intergenerational reading/oral history/games/arts/tech-help and so on.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:black">If your library
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:red">has provided or is providing</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:red">intergenerational programs</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:black">, could you please
<b>provide a brief description of your intergenerational programs </b>to me<b> </b>
(<a href="mailto:meijuan@illinois.edu">meijuan@illinois.edu</a>), including, but not limited to, reasons and goals of your intergenerational programs, name, targeted audience/age groups, obstacles and favorable conditions to provide such programs, effects and
future plan, etc. Thank you so much.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:black">If your library</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:red"> does not provide intergenerational programs</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:black">,
could you please answer the following questions for me (<a href="mailto:meijuan@illinois.edu">meijuan@illinois.edu</a>)? Thank you so much.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:black">$B-!(B</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:black">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Could you please explain the reason why not plan to provide such programs?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:black">$B-"(B</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:black"> Will your library plan to carry out such programs in future? And why?</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:black">If planning to carry out such programs,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:black"> * What kinds of intergenerational program do you want to provide? (such as
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"> Intergenerational reading, Tech-help program, Mentoring program, Storytelling, Writing and letter program, Art program (craft, painting, et), Recreational program (music, films, games, sports, et), Cultural
and historical program (oral history, local history, live history), Genealogy program, Civic engagement program (community garden, community cookbook), Environmental program, Healthcare program, Child care/development program , Intergenerational shared sites
and space program, etc</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:black">)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:black"> * What do you think might be the possible obstacles and favorable conditions for your library?$B!G(B</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Do you think there is a possibility to cooperate between the adult department and child/youth department?</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Best wishes,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Meijuan</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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