The American Library Association supported the "Adult Services in the Eighties" (ASE) project which replicated an earlier ALA 1952-53 survey, "Adult Education Activities in Public Libraries" by Helen Lyman Smith. The ASE project was conducted to provide planning for new directions for adult library services. Sources on the scope of adult services include "Where Would We Be without Them? Libraries and Adult Education Activities: 1966–91," "Twenty-First Century Public Library Adult Services,""Adult Programs in the Library," and "Designing Adult Services Strategies For Better Serving Your Community." A national study of public library service to older adults was conducted in 2015.