LIBRARIES : DISABILITIES: Library Services for People with Disabilities Policy
David P. Dillard
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LIBRARIES :
DISABILITIES:
Library Services for People with Disabilities Policy
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Library Services for People with Disabilities Policy
American Library Association
The Association of Cooperative and Specialized Library Agencies
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/ascla/asclaissues/libraryservices.cfm
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Topics Covered on This Website
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Library Services for People with Disabilities Policy
"The American Library Association recognizes that people with disabilities
are a large and neglected minority in the community and are severely
underrepresented in the library profession. Disabilities cause many
personal challenges. In addition, many people with disabilities face
economic inequity, illiteracy, cultural isolation, and discrimination in
education, employment and the broad range of societal activities.
Libraries play a catalytic role in the lives of people with disabilities
by facilitating their full participation in society. Libraries should use
strategies based upon the principles of universal design to ensure that
library policy, resources and services meet the needs of all people.
ALA, through its divisions, offices and units and through collaborations
with outside associations and agencies is dedicated to eradicating
inequities and improving attitudes toward and services and opportunities
for people with disabilities.
For the purposes of this policy, must means mandated by law and/or within
ALAs control and should means it is strongly recommended that libraries
make every effort to...."
1. The Scope of Disability Law
2. Library Services
3. Facilities
4. Collections
5. Assistive Technology
6. Employment
7. Library Education, Training and Professional Development
8. ALA Conferences
9. ALA Publications and Communications
"All ALA publications, including books, journals, and correspondence, must
be available in alternative formats including electronic text. The ALA Web
site must conform to the currently accepted guidelines for accessibility,
such as those issued by the World Wide Web Consortium."
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Support Documents
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The following links provide further information about the new policy.
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Fact Sheet
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/ascla/asclaissues/factsheetabout.cfm
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History of the Policy Resolution
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/ascla/asclaissues/historylibrary.cfm
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ADA Section 2 -- Findings of Congress, 1990
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/pubs/ada.txt
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Enforcing the ADA, April - September, 2000
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/cguide.htm
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Sampler -- ADA and Rehabilitation Act
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/ascla/asclaissues/adarehabilitation.cfm
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ASCLA Publications
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/ascla/asclapubs/asclapublications.cfm
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Guidelines for Library Services for People with Mental Illnesses
Rachel Alter, Linda Walling, Susan Beck, Kathleen Garland, Ardis Hanson,
and Walter Metz
48p. 2007. $22. ASCLA Members, $19.80. ISBN: 0-8389-8410-X
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Revised Standards and Guidelines of Service for the Library of Congress
Network of Libraries for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
84p. 2006. $18. ASCLA members, $16.20. ISBN: 0-8389-8328-6.
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Library Services to the Sandwich Generation and Serial Caregivers
Linda Lucas Walling, compiler. 2001. ISBN: 0-8389-8139-9. 56p. $20. ASCLA
member: $18.
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Planning for Library Services to People with Disabilities
Rhea Joyce Rubin. 2001. ISBN: 0-8389-8168-2. 108p. $30. ASCLA members:
$27.
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Library Networks in the New Millennium: Top Ten Trends.
Sara Laughlin, editor. 2000. ISBN: 0-8389-8122-4. 115p. $25. ASCLA
members $22.50
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The Functions and Roles of State Library Agencies. Compiled by Ethel E.
Himmel and William J. Wilson. GraceAnne A. DeCandido,ed. 2000. ISBN:
0-8389-8105-4 66p. paperback, $20 ($19 for ASCLA members)
While there are certainly commonalities among state library agencies,
there are also great differences. The Functions and Roles of State Library
Agencies examines both the common and uncommon services that state library
agencies provide and illuminates emerging trends in state library
practice.
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ADA and Special Populations
Guidelines for Library and Information Services for the American Deaf
Community. Library Service to the Deaf Forum/ASCLA. 1996. ISBN:
0-8389-7807-X. 20p. $9. ASCLA members, $8. These guidelines are based upon
Guidelines for Library Services to Deaf People (a 1991 publication of the
International Federation of Library Associations).
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Correctional Institutions
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Library Standards for Adult Correctional Institutions 1992. Prepared by
ASCLA, a division of ALA. 1992. ISBN: 0-8389-7583-6. 47p. $15. ASCLA
members, $13
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Library Standards for Juvenile Correctional Facilities. 1999. ISBN:
0-8389-7988-2. 36p. $18. ASCLA members, $16.20.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
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jw...@temple.edu
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