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The Role and Activities of the IFLA Libraries for the Blind Section

Brazier, Helen

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Title
The Role and Activities of the IFLA Libraries for the Blind Section
Author(s)
Brazier, Helen
Issue Date
2007
Keyword(s)
  • Library services for the visually impaired
  • International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to introduce some of the issues that blind and other print disabled people face in connection with reading and to explain how this situation influences the role of libraries for the blind. It goes on to describe the structure and purpose of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and its Libraries for the Blind Section, and to highlight the Section’s challenges, goals, and activities contained in its latest strategic plan.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/3751
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2007 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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Library Trends 55 (4) Spring 2007: Library and Information Services for Visually Impaired People PRIMARY
Library Trends 55 (4) Spring 2007: Library and Information Services for Visually Impaired People. Edited by Helen Brazier and David Owen.