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Library/information services and the nation's elderly

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  • Bessie Boehm Moore
  • Christina Carr Young

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The fastest growing segment of the population of the United States is that of persons 65 years and older. These persons have special information needs that can be filled, in part, by library and information services that are targeted to them. The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) notes an urgency to improve library and information services to the aging now and in preparation for the 30% rise in the over‐age‐65 population expected by the year 2000. The authors discuss the library and information needs of the aging, the current state of services to the aging, and steps taken by NCLIS to call attention to the need for enhancement of these services. Suggestions are given for libraries and service providers to consider for cooperation and collaboration in serving the elderly.

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  • Bessie Boehm Moore & Christina Carr Young, 1985. "Library/information services and the nation's elderly," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 36(6), pages 364-368, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:36:y:1985:i:6:p:364-368
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.4630360604
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