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Public Library Reading Clubs and Singapore's Elderly

机译：公共图书馆读书俱乐部和新加坡老年人

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The public library system of Singapore has taken an interest in developing programs for the elderly, an increasing component of the nation's aging population. One of these programs involves the establishment of reading clubs. This article reports on a qualitative study of one of these clubs, the Seniors' (Chinese) Reading Club. Club members were asked to describe their reading behaviour, how they learned about the club, why they decided to join, what they felt they gained from the club, and why more elderly people did not participate. Three themes emerge from the responses: an instrumental view of reading or, in other words, a notion that reading is done for utilitarian purposes rather than intrinsic enjoyment; gender issues, in so far as club membership appears to have created a public space for elderly women, but not men; and social exclusion in that word of mouth is the main way that people learn about the club, and that its members appeared to be from a specific socio-economic group.
机译：新加坡的公共图书馆系统对开发老年人计划感兴趣，老年人是该国人口老龄化的一个组成部分。这些计划之一涉及建立阅读俱乐部。本文报道了对其中一个俱乐部-老年人（中文）阅读俱乐部的定性研究。要求俱乐部成员描述他们的阅读行为，他们如何了解俱乐部，为什么决定加入，从俱乐部中获得什么以及为什么没有更多的老年人参加。回应中出现了三个主题：阅读的工具性观点，或者换句话说，阅读是出于功利目的而不是内在享受的观念。就俱乐部会员资格而言，性别问题似乎为老年妇女而非男性创造了公共场所;口口相传和社会排斥是人们了解俱乐部的主要方式，俱乐部的成员似乎来自特定的社会经济群体。

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