Library Trends in the Aging Society: Library Services for the Elderly
The coming of aging societies is a global trend and Taiwan is included as one of the aging societies, according to United Nations' criteria. There are many social, educational, and medical issues ahead and much research is needed to form the proper policies and decision-making. This article tra...
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| description | The coming of aging societies is a global trend and Taiwan is included as one of the aging societies, according to United Nations' criteria. There are many social, educational, and medical issues ahead and much research is needed to form the proper policies and decision-making. This article traces the establishment and development of gerontology internationally, especially the responses from the American Library Association in forming the policies to serve the older population in recent years in the light of such social movement. The author concludes the paper with suggestions of the areas that library professionals need to consider for better services to the seniors in the future. (Article content in Chinese with English abstract) |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ee022ffea1664c30805f8d497629cc402022-12-21T22:40:24ZengNational Taiwan UniversityJournal of Library and Information Studies1606-75091606-75092005-03-0123/4213110.6182/jlis.2005.2(3.4).021Library Trends in the Aging Society: Library Services for the ElderlyShan-Ju Lin Chang0Department of Library and Information Science, National Taiwan UniversityThe coming of aging societies is a global trend and Taiwan is included as one of the aging societies, according to United Nations' criteria. There are many social, educational, and medical issues ahead and much research is needed to form the proper policies and decision-making. This article traces the establishment and development of gerontology internationally, especially the responses from the American Library Association in forming the policies to serve the older population in recent years in the light of such social movement. The author concludes the paper with suggestions of the areas that library professionals need to consider for better services to the seniors in the future. (Article content in Chinese with English abstract)https://jlis.lis.ntu.edu.tw/files/journal/j24-2.pdfgerontologyaging societieslibrariesinformation servicespolicies |
| spellingShingle | Shan-Ju Lin Chang Library Trends in the Aging Society: Library Services for the Elderly Journal of Library and Information Studies gerontology aging societies libraries information services policies |
| title | Library Trends in the Aging Society: Library Services for the Elderly |
| title_full | Library Trends in the Aging Society: Library Services for the Elderly |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Library Trends in the Aging Society: Library Services for the Elderly |
| title_short | Library Trends in the Aging Society: Library Services for the Elderly |
| title_sort | library trends in the aging society library services for the elderly |
| topic | gerontology aging societies libraries information services policies |
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