文章調研美國公共圖書館、圖書館行業協會、代際專家和代際組織對公共圖書館代際項目的認知。圖書館界普遍缺乏對代際項目的理解與關注,但未來開展代際項目的傾向明顯;代際項目開展的最普遍原因是,基于館員對社區中存在問題或未滿足的需求與社區可利用資源之間的有效匹配;圖書館具有開展代際項目的多元優勢;圖書館可開展的代際項目類型多種多樣。公共圖書館可從推廣代際服務理念、評估社區代際項目需求和條件、探索非相關性老年人和年輕人代際項目、重視并收集積極老年人形象的館藏資源入手,推動代際項目實踐的發展。

This paper investigated the current status of intergenerational programs(IPs) of public libraries,library associations,intergenerational experts and organizations in the United States through emails,phone calls and face-to-face interviews.In spite of the obvious future trend,research showed that the library community generally lacked an understanding of and attention to IP.The most common reason for offering IPs was to enable the effective matching between problems or unfulfilled needs and available resources in the community.Libraries had multiple advantages in providing IPs.Efforts could be made to promote the concept of intergenerational services,assess the current situation and needs in communities,explore possible programs for those unrelated elderly and young people,and collect materials which would help to build a positive elderly image.