国外公共图书馆老年读者服务的经验与启示——以美国、日本为例

The Experience and Enlightenment of Foreign Public Library Service for the Aged Readers——A Case Study of the Libraries in US and Japan

近年来,社会人口老龄化及其衍生之议题已是各领域关注的焦点。作为社会公众学习知识、研讨问题、信息交流、休闲娱乐中心的公共图书馆亦应对老年读者给予特别的关注。然而,目前我国的公共图书馆老年读者服务方面出现了服务定位的偏差和服务内容的局限性问题。美国和日本的公共图书馆在解决这些问题上做了许多有益的尝试和设想,给我国公共图书馆在网络时代优化、创新老年读者服务以借鉴。

In recent years, population aging and its impacts on society have become a hot topic. The public library, as a center for learning, discussion and information access, should pay special attention to the senior readers. At present, the services for them have the problems such as deviation of service positioning and limitations of service contents. The libraries of the United States and Japan have achieved successful results in serving for the aged and will provide some experiences for us.