The TLA50 initiative is a call to action that emphasizes a need for leadership to bring about change at all levels of the library community.  It highlights the importance of finding new approaches to services and defining benchmarks and frameworks for their dissemination.  It urges the creation of a community of practice concerned with services to Baby Boomers that stress the importance of working across disciplines to reposition library practice. 

To achieve these goals, librarians need models (see Innovators) as well as practical tools to get from where libraries are currently to where they can be — effective service providers and co-collaborators with older adults who are seeking to continue learning and remaining engaged in the world.

This section of the TLA50 Web site includes the framing and outreach tools to assist librarians in achieving these transformational goals.