Result: Information Equality for Individuals with Disabilities: Does It Exist?

Title:
Information Equality for Individuals with Disabilities: Does It Exist?
Authors:
LEWIS, Jill
Source:
Diversity and Library and Information Science EducationThe Library quarterly (Chicago, IL). 83(3):229-235
Publisher Information:
Chicago, Il: University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Publication Year:
2013
Physical Description:
print, 1/4 p
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Subject Terms:
Documentation, Sciences exactes et technologie, Exact sciences and technology, Sciences et techniques communes, Sciences and techniques of general use, Sciences de l'information. Documentation, Information science. Documentation, Sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques. Etude d'ensemble, Library and information science. General aspects, Etudes d'utilisateurs et d'utilisation. Besoins d'information, Use and user studies. Information needs, Sciences de l'information et de la communication, Information and communication sciences, Handicap, Discapacidad, Incapacité, Disability, Incapacidad, Individu, Individual, Individuo, Information, Información
Document Type:
Conference Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, United States
ISSN:
0024-2519
Access URL:
http://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=search&terms=27746572
Rights:
Copyright 2015 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Sciences of information and communication. Documentation

FRANCIS
Accession Number:
edscal.27746572
Database:
PASCAL Archive

Further Information

Drawing on the author's experience as an information professional for individuals with disabilities, this article discusses the challenges faced by both library users and staff in obtaining and providing information to this community, It poses four questions: Where do individuals with disabilities fit into diversity studies? Do individuals with disabilities come into our libraries? If not, why not? What can we do for current staffs to make sure they are prepared to serve the disabled of their communities? How can we prepare our future information professionals to provide high-quality services to individuals with disabilities? There is and will be a greater demand from individuals with disabilities for equal library services given an aging population and the technological advances that make equal services possible. We cannot consider ourselves information professionals until we understand this community, their needs, and how we provide for those needs.