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Super-Aged Society Services Lab (Masaki Takeda)
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The lab analyzes the information behavior of older adults to explore services that anyone can use.
AboutAbout the lab
Designing an information environment anyone can use, starting from the behavior of older adults
Assistant Professor Masaki Takeda aims to create a universal information environment that anyone can use, and studies how the way information is presented affects people's choice of information sources.
The lab analyzes human cognition, psychology, and behavior quantitatively, and models and evaluates them.
Currently the lab is interested in super-aged societies, and analyzes information behavior in light of the cognitive and behavioral characteristics of older adults.
It also works on identifying latent needs toward public libraries and on practicing and evaluating services for older adults.
Key terms
- Information behavior
- How people search for, select, and use information
- Universal service
- A service provided with the aim of being usable by everyone
- Information literacy
- The ability to find, interpret, and make full use of information
NewsLab news
Assistant Professor Masaki Takeda received the Best Paper Award
Assistant Professor Masaki Takeda received the Best Quantitative Research Paper Award
ResearchResearch themes
Aiming to build a universal information environment that anyone can use, the lab investigates how the structure of information sources and the way information is presented affect the choice of sources and people's behavior. The research keywords are super-aged society services, universal service, and information literacy.
*Illustrative imageInformation Behavior of Older Adults and Library Services
The lab analyzes information behavior in light of the cognitive and behavioral characteristics of older adults. It also works on identifying latent needs toward public libraries and on practicing and evaluating services for older adults.
*Illustrative imageLibrary Exhibitions on Dementia
The lab co-hosts exhibitions on dementia with Tsukuba City Central Library and Tsukuba City. Its papers also address the effects of exhibitions at public libraries, and the relationship between libraries' information dissemination and knowledge of and attitudes toward dementia.
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- Assistant ProfessorMasaki Takeda
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Rostelecom and evening computer classes for elderly persons 01” Taken by Davit Saroyan for Wikimedia Armenia / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Information Behavior of Older Adults and Library Services: “Senior Citizens Wikipedia course, National library 2017” Keren - WMIL / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Library Exhibitions on Dementia: “Tsukuba Public Library 02” Miyuki Meinaka / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Book Recommendation (Keita Tsuji) Lab): “NYC Public Library Research Room Jan 2006” Diliff / CC BY 2.5 (cropped)
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