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Systemic Workplace Barriers for Academic Librarians with Disabilities
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Oud, Joanne – College & Research Libraries, 2019
Although studies related to diversity within librarianship as a profession are increasing, few have examined librarians with disabilities--and none so far have included their voices or perspectives. This qualitative study involved interviews with ten academic librarians with disabilities in Canada. With a grounding in the social model of…
Descriptors: Barriers, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Disabilities
Web Accessibility and Accessibility Instruction
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Green, Ravonne A.; Huprich, Julia – Journal of Access Services, 2009
Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates that programs and services be accessible to people with disabilities. While schools of library and information science (SLIS*) and university libraries should model accessible Web sites, this may not be the case. This article examines previous studies about the Web accessibility of…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Library Services, Accessibility (for Disabled), Disabilities
IFLA General Conference 1988. Open Forum on IFLA Core Programs; Section on INTAMEL; Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons; Libraries for the Blind; Children's Libraries; School Libraries.
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1988
Twenty-one papers from the Open Forum on Core Programs are included in this collection: (1) "The IFLA (International Federal of Library Associations) UAP (Universal Availability of Publications) Programme" (M. F. Plassard, IFLA Programme Officer); (2) "Progress Report on IFLA Core Programme for Universal Dataflow and…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Cultural Pluralism, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Library Tools: A List of Bibliographies on Librarianship.
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Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Bureau of Library Services. – 1971
The following subject categories are included in this list of bibliographies: Aids in book selection, cataloging and classification, censorship and intellectual freedom, publicity, selected list of basic and inexpensive materials on Michigan, non-book materials, organization and administration of the media center, library for the blind and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cataloging, Censorship, Classification
Directory of Library Research and Demonstration Projects 1976-1986. Abstracts of Funded Projects. Higher Education Act Title II-B.
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Carter, Yvonne B. – 1992
This directory provides a chronological and analytical history of the library and information science research projects funded by the Higher Education Act (HEA) Title II-B, Research and Demonstration Program, from 1976 through 1986. It is noted that this program authorizes grants and contracts to institutions of higher education and other public…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cultural Pluralism, Directories, Disabilities
IFLA General Conference, 1987. Division of Libraries Serving the General Public. Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons Section. Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section. Papers.
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1987
Eleven of the 15 papers in this collection discuss library services for disadvantaged persons; the remaining four papers are concerned with services to multicultural populations. The papers from the Section of Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons appear first in this list: (1) "The Development and Future of Easy Readers for Adults in the UK"…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Asian Americans, Audiovisual Aids, Cultural Pluralism