Jenneth G. Capule, head librarian of the Graduate School Section of the UST Miguel de Benavides Library, presented a paper entitledTowards a Geriatric-friendly Library: a Q Methodology, at the 2015 International Conference of Library and Information Science held from August 23-25, 2015 at the International House, Osaka, Japan.
The study aimed at constructing a library program responsive to the distinct and ever-increasing information needs of the overlooked sector in society, the geriatric citizens. Using Q methodology, 15 geriatric Filipino citizens from various educational backgrounds were subjected to ascertain their information needs.
The LIS 2015 is jointly held with 鈥�2015 International Conference on Innovation and Industrial Management (IIM 2015), 鈥�2015 International Symposium on Marketing and Logistics (ISML 2015)鈥�, 鈥�2015 International Congress on Economy, Finance, and Business (ICEFB)鈥� and 鈥�2015 International Conference on Big Data, IoT, and Cloud Computing (BIC 2015)鈥�. There were more than 250 submissions of which 170 excellent papers were accepted.
