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The Information World of Retired Women
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Elfreda A. Chatman
Book Code: CIW/
ISBN: 0-313-25492-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-25492-5
168 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 9/30/1992
List Price: $107.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: New Directions in Information Management
Series Number: 29
Reviews:
  • The book is worth recommending to those interested in aging and older women. Undergraduate; graduate.
    —Choice
  • The articulated caring with which Chatman approaches her task and the compassion of her execution stand out as a model for all research approaches that intend to report on worlds as seen by others.
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    Library Quarterly
  • The study has many strengths: It is well written and clear. The work as a whole makes a strong case for the use of ethnographic research in library and information science and is original, ground-breaking research in an area that is of increasing importance in planning, developing, and evaluating information services.
    —Library and Information Science Research
Description: Using the profiles of women living in a retirement community, the author explores the information and social worlds of aging women. The focus of the study is the effects of aging on help-seeking behaviors. The author examines ways in which older women search for information; she found several areas of need, including failing health, financial concerns, and loneliness. For many of the women, death was not a problematic area. The author also discovered that the most critical areas of need were not shared with others. In fact, the residents chose to conceal the most dire needs for assistance. Surprisingly, the retirement community played a major role in this process. The relationships between help-seeking behaviors and information policy is extensively discussed. The role that information professionals can play in bringing information to populations such as the one examined here adds insight to the studies of information use and user needs.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Research and Conduct of the Study
  • The Life World of Older Women's Information-Seeking Behaviors
  • Social Network Theory
  • The Search for Help
  • The Social World of Retired Women
  • The Search for Information
  • Social Ties and Networking
  • Help-Seeking Behaviors and Information Policy
  • Appendix: Interview Guide
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 92-8679
LCC Class: HQ1064
Dewey Class: 305.4
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