Disabilities and the Library (eBook, ePUB)

Fostering Equity for Patrons and Staff with Differing Abilities
Redaktion: Copeland, Clayton A.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Librarians need to understand the needs and abilities of differently abled patrons, and anyone responsible for hiring and managing librarians must know how to provide an equitable environment. This book serves as an educational resource for both groups.

Understanding the needs and abilities of patrons who are differently abled increases librarians' ability to serve them from childhood through adulthood. While some librarians are fortunate to have had coursework to help them understand the needs and abilities of the differently abled, many have had little experience working with this diverse group. In addition, many persons who are differently abled are-or would like to become-librarians.

Disabilities and the Library helps readers understand the challenges faced by people who are differently abled, both as patrons and as information professionals. Readers will learn to assess their library's physical facilities, programming, staff, and continuing education to ensure that their libraries are prepared to include people of all abilities. Inclusive programming and collection development suggestions will help librarians to meet the needs of patrons and colleagues with mobility and dexterity problems, learning differences, hearing and vision limitations, sensory and cognitive challenges, autism, and more. Additional information is included about assistive and adaptive technologies and web accessibility. Librarians will value this accessible and important book as they strive for equity and inclusivity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 532
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216185260
• Artikelnr.: 68535096

Autorenporträt

Clayton A. Copeland, PhD, is director of the SLIS Laboratory for Leadership in the Equity of Access and Diversity (LLEAD).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: As Far as the Eye May See, Blanche Woolls Acknowledgments
Introduction, Clayton A. Copeland PART I: THE HISTORIC ROLE OF DISABILITY
RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, LIBRARIANS, AND OTHER ADVOCATES IN PROVIDING UNIVERSAL
ACCESS TO INFORMATION 1 Access to Life: A Brief History of Universal
Access, Linda Lucas Walling 2 What Is Universal Design?: Theories, Terms,
and Trends, Knut M. Nygaard and Haakon Aspelund PART II: UNDERSTANDING
DIFFERENCES AND SEEING THE ABILITIES BORN THROUGH THEM 3 Demystifying
Mental Illness: Opportunities for Awareness and Empowerment, David Leach 4
Serving Patrons with Dyslexia in Public and School Libraries, Jill Lauren 5
Blindness and Other Reading Disabilities in Public Libraries, Jane Karp and
Linda Lucas Walling 6 Deafness as a Great Equalizer, Alec McFarlane 7
Banned People: Inclusion of Teens and Adults with High-Incidence
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities in Library Spaces, Amelia N. Gibson PART
III: INTEGRATING INDIVIDUAL NEEDS: CREATING INCLUSIVE COLLECTIONS AND
PROGRAMMING 8 Accessibility Support Collection Development, Jennifer
Taggart 9 Selecting Books Portraying Disabilities for Children and Youth,
Tina M. Taylor and Mary Anne Prater 10 Differing Abilities, Children, and
Picture Books, Linda Lucas Walling and Clayton A. Copeland 11 Marrakesh
Treaty and Access for Blind and Visually Impaired Information
Professionals, Dick Kawooya 12 Examining Inclusive Programming in a Middle
School Library: A Case Study of Adolescents Who Are Differently and
Typically Able, Clayton A. Copeland and Karen Gavigan 13 Accessible
Programming, Jennifer Taggart PART IV: INCLUSIVE FACILITIES IN THE PHYSICAL
AND VIRTUAL WORLD 14 How Library Designs Can Follow the ADA While Ignoring
Wider Issues of Building Accessibility, Fred Schlipf 15 Staying Calm:
"Disabilities" and Behavior in the Library, Barbara Klipper and Carrie
Banks 16 Web Accessibility Checklist for Inclusion on the Internet: 10
Things to Double-Check Before You Publish Online, Laura March and Amelia N.
Gibson 17 Building a Barrier-Free Online Library, Amelia Koford and
Drucilla Martinez de Morales 18 Illustrative Information Support Services
for People Who Are Differently Abled in Alabama's Public Libraries: An
Exploratory Website Content Analysis, Bharat Mehra and Baheya S. Jaber PART
V: LEADERSHIP: INCLUSIVE POLICIES, PRACTICES, AND ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIBRARY
STAFF WITH DIFFERING ABILITIES AND NEEDS 19 Designing an Inclusive Hiring
Experience and Workplace: A Tripartite Approach, Kim M. Thompson, Paul T.
Jaeger, and Clayton A. Copeland 20 Building Collective Leadership to
Advance Equity, Cassandra O'Neill 21 Stigma Within the Library: Barriers to
Employee Disability Accommodation, JJ Pionke PART VI: CONCLUSION 22 The
First Best Hope for Disabled People: A Letter to Current and Future
Librarians, Paul T. Jaeger Afterword, Samantha K. Hastings About the Editor
and Contributors Index