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Direct linkMulliken, Adina – College & Research Libraries, 2019
Telephone interviews were conducted with 18 blind academic library users around the United States about their experiences using their library and its website. The study uses the perspective that blind users' insights are fundamental. A common theme was that navigating a webpage is time consuming on the first visit. Issues identified include the…
Descriptors: Blindness, Users (Information), Library Services, Web Sites
Kaunda, Neli; Chizwina, Sabelo – Journal of Access Services, 2019
Academic libraries should be accessible to all students and relevant stakeholders. Students with print disabilities are found in many universities worldwide. This article examines the services and tools that are available at the North-West University (NWU) in South Africa. Literature was used to identify how services, signage, and tools that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Accessibility (for Disabled), Library Services
Dhamdhere, Sangeeta, Ed.; Andres, Frederic, Ed. – IGI Global, 2022
In higher education systems, equal importance must be given to differently abled students. However, not all educational institutions have infrastructure and facilities to admit these students even though accessibility and support for these students is growing. There are many schemes, facilities, services, and financial assistance available to…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Students with Disabilities, College Students, Technology Uses in Education
Download full textBashir, Rukhsana; Fatima, Ghulam; Malik, Misbah; Younus, Muhammad; Ali, Irfan – Bulletin of Education and Research, 2017
The main objective of this study was to identify the library resources available for persons with special needs in the libraries of public and private sector universities of Lahore, Punjab province. The sample of the study included 23 librarians working in the libraries of different departments which were selected through simple random sampling…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Accessibility (for Disabled)
Kahler, Janice E. – Journal of Access Services, 2017
Putting access in Access Services is the goal. The Course Reserves unit is the place. Textbooks are the focus. Electronic technologies are the future. Patron-centric services will be our standard. Access to textbooks by all patrons will be the achievement. Course Reserves located in Library West at the University of Florida George A. Smathers…
Descriptors: Library Services, Reference Services, College Libraries, Textbooks
Sunrich, Matthew; Green, Ravonne – Journal of Access Services, 2007
This study provides an overview of the various products available for library patrons with blindness or visual impairments. To provide some insight into the status of library services for patrons with blindness, a sample of American universities that are recognized for their programs for students with visual impairments was surveyed to discern…
Descriptors: Blindness, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology, Library Services
Allen, Edward E. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
The most notable events affecting the status of the blind within this biennium are: The arousing of the attention of society to the existence and needs of the handicapped; the labor shortage, which created many and new openings for their employment; and the Federal law providing, under certain conditions, for the rehabilitation of people injured…
Descriptors: Library Services, Psychological Studies, Blindness, Special Schools
US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1945
This second section of the Annual Report of Federal Security Agency for the Fiscal Year 1945 provides the U.S. Commissioner of Education's annual report. In part II of the 1944 Annual Report of the U. S. Office of Education there was set forth a plan of organization to improve the services of the Office to American education. During the fiscal…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Vocational Education, Educational Administration, Instruction
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1914
This bulletin contains a selection of noteworthy books and articles. Of the publications listed, only those named in the sections headed "Bureau of Education: Recent publications," and "Bulletin of the Bureau of Education," are available for free distribution by this Office. All others may ordinarily be obtained from their respective publishers,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Professional Education, School Administration, Child Welfare
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1918
The record comprises a general survey in bibliographic form of current educational literature, domestic and foreign. received during the monthly period preceding the date of its publication. Publications are listed according to topic. Contents include: (1) Proceedings of Associations; (2) Educational History and Biography; (3) Current Educational…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Vocational Education, Career Guidance, Agricultural Education
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1918
This bulletin contains a list of current educational publications received by the Bureau of Education. The record comprises a general survey in bibliographic form of current educational literature, domestic and foreign, received during the monthly period preceding the date of its publication. Books, pamphlets, and periodicals mentioned may…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Vocational Education, Career Guidance, Agricultural Education
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
This bulletin contains a list of current educational publications received by the Bureau of Education. Books, pamphlets, and periodicals mentioned may ordinarily be obtained from their respective publishers, either directly or through a dealer, or, in the case of an association publication, from the secretary of the issuing organization.…
Descriptors: War, Immigrants, Play, Playgrounds
