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This study aims to examine library programming for active older (“third age”) adults and give suggestions for future improvements. In addition to covering research specific to library programming for these adults, which is limited, this review will also survey the literature on lifelong learning for this population.

This paper includes a literature review on library programming geared specifically to active, older adults and a survey of literature on lifelong learning for the “third agers”.

Demographics show that older adults are a growing population, not only in the USA, but worldwide. Many baby boomers have already entered or soon will be entering the “third age”. Most libraries are not providing specific programming to support these older lifelong learners. In the USA, baby boomers have the highest net worth of any generation, and as such, are an important fundraising source. Research indicates that older adults participate in lifelong learning activities and will attend library programs of interest. Topics of interest include hobbies/leisure pursuits, humanities, social/international issues, religion/philosophy, arts, technology and nutrition/health/stress management.

Libraries are missing a prime opportunity to expand services, develop library advocates and fundraise by ignoring the growing population of active older adults. Suggestions are given for how both public and academic libraries can take advantage of these opportunities.

Older adults are a rapidly growing population. Providing library programming for this group benefits both older adults and libraries.

There are no known previous comprehensive literature reviews on library programming for older adults. Offering specific programming to this population has benefits for older adults, libraries and their communities.

A highly significant action taken by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, reported elsewhere in this issue, could well result in important advances in surveillance and probably legislative control over enforcement of certain aspects of EEC legislation in the Member‐states. The Minister has sent an urgent request to the Commission in Brussels to dispatch inspectors to each country, including the United Kingdom, to examine and report on the standards of inspection and hygiene with detailed information on how the EEC Directive on Poultry Meat is being implemented. Information of the method of financing the cost of poultrymeat inspection in each country has ben requested. The comprehensive survey is seen as a common approach in this one field. The Minister requested that the results of the inspectors' reports should be available to him and other Member‐states.

Deciding the best course of treatment for a drug or alcohol user can be a complex one. Continuing our look at harm reduction and abstinence, we ask what the best plans are for Nigella, a young woman with mental health problems who uses heroin to prevent recurring self‐harm. In a refreshing and challenging critique Lesley Don explores the decision‐making process towards that treatment. Should Nigella stop her heroin use? If she does, will she self‐harm? Which harm is more desirable? And why, as professionals, do we seek one solution over another?

“OH, that socialist fellow” would have been the rejoinder of older members of the Bromley establishment up to 1950 to any mention of H. G. Wells. It was not held to be an honour for the town to have been the birthplace of H. G. Wells nor was it felt that he should be honoured by the town. No plaque marked the site of his birthplace and there was no greater stock of his books in the Bromley Library than in any other.

The purpose of this research was to examine the role of intersectionality (multiple marginalized identities) in narratives used within online media coverage of women's sports. The authors adopted an intersectionality lens and drew from sports media literature to explore the representation of Black athletes in women's sport.

The authors conducted a quantitative content analysis of online articles from ESPN, CBS Sports and Sports Illustrated from the 2020 WNBA Season. The authors coded the number of times an athlete was mentioned in an article, the athlete's race, publicly disclosed sexual orientation and gender expression. The authors used hierarchical regression to examine the relationship between an athlete's social identities and frequency of media mentions.

Within mainstream online sport media, Black WNBA athletes receive less media attention than white WNBA athletes. Black athletes who do not present in traditionally feminine ways receive the least amount of media attention, while white athletes have the freedom to express their gender in a variety of ways and still capture media interest. Within league press releases, however, there is no difference in media mentions based on race, sexual orientation or gender expression.

The findings in this research are important for sport media professionals who write stories and player-activists who are pursuing racial justice. Outlets should commit to antiracist storytelling practices. Players, player agents and players' associations—all of whom have shown their power to create change for a more equitable industry and society—should also advocate for and organize around practices that create more equitable media coverage.

This study is one of the few empirical investigations of women's professional sport that examines the influence of intersecting social identities.

The validity and legitimacy of auditing profession depends on trust as one of the most important assets of auditing profession that trust itself is directly derived from capacity of this profession in responding to responsibilities. The present research has tried to identify 15 ethical values in auditing and analyzing causal relationships of ethical values in auditing from Islam’s perspective using fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) approach. The purpose of this paper is analyzing causal relationships of ethical values in auditing from Islam’s perspective because ethical values improve auditing and keep the auditor’s independence.

Reviewing the literature and conducting a survey among 14 certified auditing experts, 15 ethical values in auditing were identified according to Islamic law using fuzzy DEMATEL techniques. Adopting this approach, the study was then to determine causal relationships and to identify influential values.

Based on the findings, the metrics “independence” with (D−R) = +1.045 was identified to be the cornerstone of the auditing profession. Independence is an essential component for users’ trust in the financial statements. If it is ignored, many other values will further make no sense. Truth-seeking as a value with (D + R) = +3.289 has the greatest interaction with other values, and this reveals that truth-seeking is one of the most significant auditing missions. Additionally, the value “trust” with (D−R) = −1.605 is mostly affected by other variables, suggesting that other values strongly influence this value, and it will be distorted if other values are ignored.

Auditing ethics is one of the most important and striking factors that maintains the credibility and dignity of the auditing profession. Today, the society’s expectations from auditing and accounting professions have increased. Increasing these expectations requires official accountants to provide their professional services in the form of ethical auditing. As this model has been designed using the ideas of the Muslim professional experts, the results may be different from those of non-Muslim professional experts.

Considering that identified values are of great importance in Islam religion, it seems that using Islamic culture and pragmatic tone by professionals, scholars and legislative bodies is necessary to create changes required in the current business culture and as the result to create fundamental changes in professional behaviors of auditing area. This study is the first to provide evidence on the improvement of auditing based on a review of auditing studies in Islam.