Older adults (50+), consumer technologies and libraries Available to Purchase

Libraries have an important and integral role to play in the introduction of consumer technologies to the communities they serve. In many libraries, new technology librarian positions, and in academic libraries, science entrepreneurship librarians positions, now exist, as well as positions that focus on senior citizen populations, those particularly in the 70-plus-year-old group who face the greatest technology challenges, but libraries can be important intermediaries to provide outreach, programming and education about consumer electronic products for wellness and other products geared toward seniors and other populations often underserved by other professions. Even today, much of the population is still unaware...