The idea for this inspiration report was came out of a conversation I had with a library customer. Her name is Enfys which is Welsh for rainbow 🌈. She is losing her vision and her memory isn’t as good as it was, so art and technology programs would not work. Discussing possible ideas with ChatGPT led to memory cafés, a global trend in library services. The report is written for the Toronto Public Library, which currently does not yet host memory cafés.
Here is the PDF of my Inspiration Report.
This idea would not leave me after an experience helping librarians to teach a group of adults how to use the Cricut cutting machine to make greeting cards. The program was presented in a way that invited participants to talk about ageism. It was a challenging yet overall successful program as the participants were eager to do it again! Unfortunately, the librarians were not as thrilled, so no future Cricut programs are in the works. It is too bad because we learned a lot from the experience so the next ones would be so much better!
Link to .pdf.
