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The Library - A Friendly Institution for the Persons with Disabilities

Author(s): Aurica Mureşan
Subject(s): Library and Information Science, Information Architecture, Library operations and management
Published by: Biblioteca Județeană Mureș
Keywords: persons with disabilities, deficiency; integration; special collections; disadvantages;

Summary/Abstract: The library belongs to the community, so it has to be a democratic institution, offering equal access to its services to everyone. As a public institution, the library needs to take part in the social integration of the persons with disabilities. Public libraries must ensure equal access to information and the documents necessary to information, permanent education and the development of the users’ personality, irrespective of their social or economic status, age, sex, political belief, religion or nationality. The libraries have the important task of creating an informational library environment, based on equal rights, to respond to the necessities and the access conditions of the persons with different types of disabilities.

  • Issue Year: X/2011
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 84-96
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Romanian