{"product_id":"information-issues-for-older-americans-paperback","title":"Information Issues for Older Americans - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Aspray\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are more than 50 million people age 65 or older in the United States, and over the decade 2010-2019 this was the fastest growing age sector in the United States - growing by 34% during that period. (US Census Bureau) As people age, they face a number of new challenges and opportunities, ranging from the shift from salary to Social Security and retirement funds, increasing issues with health, and opportunities for extended relaxation and second careers. While seniors bring a lifetime of experience and honed skills, they face a number of new situations that involved learning new information and new ways of doing things. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInformation Issues for Older Americans \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together faculty from the leading Information Schools to examine information needs, behavior, and policy related to older Americans. \u003cbr\u003eThese scholars use a variety of lenses to understand the information issues that older Americans face in their everyday lives. These lenses include \u003ci\u003einformation literacy\u003c\/i\u003e from both the consumer and provider sides; \u003ci\u003einformation behavior\u003c\/i\u003e to understand search strategies, evaluation of information quality and relevance, sources used, questions raised, and how these change over time; the \u003ci\u003einformation ecologies\u003c\/i\u003e in which an individual lives in his or her private and professional worlds; \u003ci\u003eprivacy\u003c\/i\u003e issues that arise in everyday life; \u003ci\u003einformation and communication technologies\u003c\/i\u003e (ICTs), including the skills of users with these technologies, the expected and unexpected uses of these technologies, and the technology's positive and negative impacts; how ICTs can be used to augment human intelligence and physical skills (\u003ci\u003ehuman-computer interaction and design);\u003c\/i\u003e how ICTs, together with traditional information institutions such as libraries and museums and social clubs, have been used to build stronger communities (\u003ci\u003ecommunity informatics\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a contribution to the academic literatures on information studies and aging, but it is also intended to be generally readable and be accessible to the educated public and professionals who serve older Americans such as librarians, health care workers, and workers at community centers. While there is a growing literature on health informatics for the elderly, and occasional journal articles on various other topics about information and the elderly, this is the first comprehensive book on the various information aspects of the everyday activities and concerns of older Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Aspray\u003c\/b\u003e is senior research fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He has previously held senior faculty positions in the information schools at Indiana (Bloomington), Texas (Austin), and Colorado (Boulder), as well as several senior administrative appointments in research centers and nonprofit professional organizations (Charles Babbage Institute, IEEE History Center, Computing Research Association). He is the author or editor of more than 30 books and 100 articles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45732124885075,"sku":"9781538188323","price":73.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/9731\/2595\/files\/Enlu0bHmKB9781538188323.webp?v=1782922845","url":"https:\/\/the-stone-owl-bookstore.myshopify.com\/products\/information-issues-for-older-americans-paperback","provider":"The Stone Owl Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}