Purpose–The paper addresses the importance of clarifying terminology such as visually
impaired and related terms before embarking on accessibility studies of electronic …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the library and information science literature
related to the accessibility of digital resources by individuals with mental, physical or other …

The library profession is a strong and vocal proponent of increased information access for
people with disabilities. With the discipline's longstanding interest in the subject of services …

To a large extent, disability is a social construct. Whether individuals with “disabilities” can
pursue independent and fulfilling lives is not so much a matter of their particular internal …

Visually impaired people have the same information needs as sighted people. Just as
sighted people might read a newspaper, listen to a CD or download electronic information …

This research aimed to explore the actual situation of information accessibility for university
students with visual impairment at higher academic institutions of Lahore, Pakistan. This …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to analyse the challenges faced by blind/vision-
impaired users during the web access in the leading academic and special libraries of Delhi …

The increasing provision of Web-based information resources has moved from a simple text
interface to dynamic and interactive designs. While this move has provided people with a …

Objective: The present study examined whether implementing recommendations of Web
accessibility guidelines would have different effects on nondisabled users than on users with …

Being able to use websites is an important aspect of every-day life to most people, including
disabled people. However, despite the existence of technical guidelines for accessibility for …