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http://dx.doi.org/10.3743/KOSIM.2011.28.2.195

An Empirical Study of the Everyday Life Information Seeking Behavior of the Baby-boomers as Pre-retirees  

Park, Mi-Hyang (Director of Planning Division, National Assembly Library of Korea)
Lee, Jee-Yeon (Department of Library and Information Science, Yonsei University)
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Journal of the Korean Society for information Management / v.28, no.2, 2011 , pp. 195-208 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study presents the findings from research on the Everyday Life Information Seeking (ELIS) behaviors of Korean government officials in their 50s. 500 survey respondents participated and the quantitative data were analyzed through Structural Equation Model having six key concepts such as personal information environment, information-seeking attitudes, online information attitudes, barriers to information seeking, retirement expectations, and library expectations. The findings showed the important relationships between expectations of the retirement and two constructs (personal information environment and information-seeking attitudes). This study can be used as a strategic implication for library practitioners to develop their library management process in accordance to the potential and powerful evolving user group in a future aged society.
Keywords
pre-retirees; baby-boomer; baby-boom generation; retirement expectation; library expectation; everyday life information seeking behavior; ELIS;
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