Improving library services to people with disabilities /

Improving Library Services to People with Disabilities will enable librarians, policy makers and constituents to understand the importance of serving all potential patrons, recognise the best practices and model programs and learn techniques and strategies for improving the services their libraries...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Deines-Jones, Courtney.
Published: Chandos Publishing,
Publisher Address: Oxford [England] :
Publication Dates: 2007.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Chandos information professional series
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781843342861
Summary: Improving Library Services to People with Disabilities will enable librarians, policy makers and constituents to understand the importance of serving all potential patrons, recognise the best practices and model programs and learn techniques and strategies for improving the services their libraries offer.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xv, 175 pages).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781780631059
1780631057
Index Number: Z711
CLC: G252
Contents: Improving library services to people with print disabilities: the role of technology in public libraries -- Library services to people with special needs: a discussion of blind and visually impaired people as an exemplar -- Library services to people who are deaf -- Adaptive technology for people with physical disabilities using information and communications technology -- Reaching people with disabilities in developing countries through academic libraries -- Finding the means to improve services -- Low-cost/no-cost ways to improve service right now -- Further reading and resources.