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Editorial

Editorial From the Executive Editor Ron Iphofen Professional and scholarly journals have risen to meet the challenges of new information and communications technologies in a range of ways in recent years. Changing pressures on subscription methods and book purchasing, as well as diversified new information sources, require policy-makers, practitioners and researchers alike to think through how they acquire knowledge, as well as how best to disseminate and apply it. Indeed we all need to remain alert to ongoing changes in publishing technology and its implications for our professional and personal lives. As our publishing company has re-formed into Pier Professional, we felt the time was right for this Journal to consider some changes. But we did not wish to lose the respect for our mission and content that we have built up over the ten years since our foundation. Our mission remains to inform policy and practice about, with and for older people by drawing upon expert comment and rigorous research. We are privileged to have the support of such a highly esteemed Editorial Board and of international figures in the care and understanding of the lives of older adults. We are growing the Board with the addition of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Quality in Ageing and Older Adults Pier Professional

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Publisher
Pier Professional
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 by Pier Professional Limited
ISSN
1471-7794
eISSN
2042-8766
DOI
10.5042/qiaoa.2010.0150
Publisher site
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Abstract

From the Executive Editor Ron Iphofen Professional and scholarly journals have risen to meet the challenges of new information and communications technologies in a range of ways in recent years. Changing pressures on subscription methods and book purchasing, as well as diversified new information sources, require policy-makers, practitioners and researchers alike to think through how they acquire knowledge, as well as how best to disseminate and apply it. Indeed we all need to remain alert to ongoing changes in publishing technology and its implications for our professional and personal lives. As our publishing company has re-formed into Pier Professional, we felt the time was right for this Journal to consider some changes. But we did not wish to lose the respect for our mission and content that we have built up over the ten years since our foundation. Our mission remains to inform policy and practice about, with and for older people by drawing upon expert comment and rigorous research. We are privileged to have the support of such a highly esteemed Editorial Board and of international figures in the care and understanding of the lives of older adults. We are growing the Board with the addition of

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Quality in Ageing and Older AdultsPier Professional

Published: Mar 1, 2010

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