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Zarkov, D. S. – UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1981
This overview of the development of a system of library services for the blind in one union republic of the USSR describes the centralized network of special libraries which serve as the focal point of systems providing services at the regional and local levels, and suggests some possible future developments. (RAA)
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Braille, Foreign Countries, Library Networks
Anderson, William; Zharkov, D. S. – 1981
The first of two papers presents suggestions on library services for the deaf by a British university lecturer, and the second provides an enumeration of Russian achievements in providing the blind with books. Based on an outline of the personal and social implications of deafness and unawareness of the deaf on the part of libraries and the…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Braille, Foreign Countries, Hearing Impairments
