
Crash Course in Library Services to People with Disabilities
- 176 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Crash Course in Library Services to People with Disabilities
About this book
This book helps libraries identify and implement new ways to serve their physically or mentally disabled patients. Authors Ann Roberts and Dr. Richard Smith work at the state level with persons with disabilities. They find that very few librarians feel comfortable with providing services addressed to the needs of the disabled, yet those who do offer services and programs other libraries can adopt and adapt. Crash Course in Library Services to People with Disabilities will help librarians get up to speed in understanding disabled persons and what they can do to make library premises and holdings more accessible to them. It provides basic information on the different types of mental and physical disabilities a librarian might encounter, then offers a range of exemplary policies, services, and programs for people with disabilities—efforts that are in place and working across the country.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- A Note From the Editor
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Taking Stock
- Chapter 2: Leading by Example
- Chapter 3: Assistive Technology and Total Access
- Chapter 4: Library Services to Baby Boomers and Older Adults
- Chapter 5: Library Services to Persons with Mental and Learning Disabilities
- Chapter 6: Summing It All Up
- Appendix A: National Library Service State and Regional Libraries
- Appendix B: Three Library Policies for Rules of Conduct
- References
- Index