Portraits of Library Service to People with Disabilities

By Eunice G. Lovejoy

Profiling currently active, successful library programs for disabled people, this study offers many creative ways to serve the more than 36 million handicapped Americans. Drawing on site visits and in-depth interviews Lovejoy shares the experiences of professionals in all areas from administrators who purchase equipment to drivers of bookmobiles. She covers numerous topics, including accessibility of special needs areas; targeting specific handicapped groups; developing special collections; technology in visual, hearing and communication aids programming and funding.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816119228
• ISBN13: 9780816119226
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company, Incorporated
• Length: 269 Pages