Information seeking and access are essential for users in all walks of life, from addressing
personal needs such as finding flights to locating information needed to complete work …

A group of the academic library's vast untapped clientele to whom more attention is now
being paid is persons with disability. Drawing from the International Federation of Library …

This article outlines a constructivist grounded theory (Charmaz, 2014) study of information
poverty among a group of mothers of individuals with Down syndrome and/or Autism …

Public libraries are among key sites for the acquisition of cultural capital, and possibly one of
the most potent means through which the state can address inequality. While digitalization of …

This monograph reviews research on the design and evaluation of search user interfaces
that has been published within the past 10 years. Our primary goal is to integrate state-of-the …

In this paper we advocate for an understanding of access that both responds to the
pragmatic needs of the American Library Association's “Core Values of Librarianship”(to …

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 …

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the provision of library services to people with
disabilities in Malawi. A mixed methodology was used as the research design. All …

Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a high-cost disabling condition, which brings a huge
number of changes in individual's life. The emphasis of rehabilitation has moved from …

Within the library profession, there is widespread support for access to libraries for people
with disabilities. However, there is limited literature on the topic of access to public libraries …