Crash Course in Library Services to People with Disabilities (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781591587675)

This book helps libraries identify and implement new ways to serve their physically or mentally disabled patients.

Authors Ann Roberts and Dr. Richard Smith work at the state level with persons with disabilities. They find that very few librarians feel comfortable with providing services addressed to the needs of the disabled, yet those who do offer services and programs other libraries can adopt and adapt.

Crash Course in Library Services to People with Disabilities will help librarians get up to speed in understanding disabled persons and what they can do to make library premises and holdings more accessible to them. It provides basic information on the different types of mental and physical disabilities a librarian might encounter, then offers a range of exemplary policies, services, and programs for people with disabilities--efforts that are in place and working across the country.

Author: Ann Roberts, Richard Smith
ISBN-10: 1591587670
ISBN-13: 9781591587675
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Language: English
Published: 03/30/2010
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2010 pg. 74
Library Journal 08/01/2010 pg. 92
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2010 pg. 289