Academic librarian perceptions of facilities and services for persons with visual impairments

SN Azizah - The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2023 - Elsevier
Persons with disabilities have physical or intellectual limitations on doing things they want,
especially finding information and increasing knowledge at the library. As an information …

Students with disabilities perceptions on the library and college: Systematic review and case study

LKC Hunt, JC Cromwell, S Creel - The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2024 - Elsevier
This research provides a case study of students registered with disabilities at one academic
institution in Mississippi with three different libraries across all campuses and evaluates the …

[PDF][PDF] Access to Library Facilities and Resources by Students with Visual Impairment at University Of Education, Winneba

NO Acheampong, D Dogbe - Library Philosophy and …, 2020 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
This case study focused on how students with visual impairment access library facilities and
resources at the University of Education, Winneba. Data were gathered through focus group …

[PDF][PDF] Visually impaired access to library services: The role of library infrastructure

P Kwafoa - Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 2019 - core.ac.uk
Globally it is estimated that there are 285 million persons living with some sort of vision
related difficulties. In Ghana, about 737,743 Ghanaians living with disabilities (Ghana …

[PDF][PDF] Library and information services to the visually impaired persons

J Rayini - Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 2017 - core.ac.uk
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 …

Library employee views of disability and accessibility

JJ Pionke - Journal of Library Administration, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This study sought to explore library employee attitudes toward people with disabilities and
accessibility. It also aimed to determine the training needs of current library employees. A …

Disability and accessibility in the library and information science literature: A content analysis

H Hill - Library & Information Science Research, 2013 - Elsevier
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 …

Patrons with developmental disabilities: A needs assessment survey

JL Holmes - New Library World, 2008 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to determine the library usage, attitudes, and needs of
an underserved population–persons with developmental disabilities–and to offer insights to …

[PDF][PDF] Emerging services for the visually impaired in academic libraries

N Abutayeh, B García-Orosa - Library Philosophy and Practice, 2021 - academia.edu
This study sought to investigate access services that are presented to visually impaired
users in academic libraries. There is a clear lack of digital resources and assistive …

Convenience and accessibility of library services to students with disabilities at the University of Limpopo in South Africa

J Phukubje, M Ngoepe - Journal of Librarianship and …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Students with disabilities require special convenient access to library services as compared
to the general student population. Despite the special needs requirements, there is …