Digital Inclusion, Disability, and Public Libraries: A Summary Australian Perspective

Fitzgerald, Brendan; Hawkins, Wayne; Denison, Tom; Kop, Tegan

doi:10.1108/s0065-283020150000040019

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“…In the Australian context, research by Fitzgerald, Hawkins, Denison, and Kop (2015) examined the Australian public libraries and digital access and inclusion for people with disabilities. The authors found that despite the interest from public libraries there is a dearth of research into digital access and inclusion for people with disabilities and public libraries.…”

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Public Libraries and Access for Children with Disabilities and Their Families: A Proposed Inclusive Library Model

Kaeding

Velasquez

Price

2017

Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Public Libraries and Access for Children with Disabilities and Their Families: A Proposed Inclusive Library Model

Kaeding

Velasquez

Price

2017

Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association

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“…They provide recommendations for future coordination and optimization of collaboration between university libraries in serving students with disabilities. Fitzgerald et al (2015) examine Australian public libraries and how they have developed and delivered inclusive services for people with disabilities over the past decade, highlighting some of the better examples of service practice. In their study of public library services in Singapore for young people in wheelchairs, Leong and Higgins (2010) found that problems with library use were mainly related to architectural and physical access to library facilities and services.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Making libraries accessible: The vision of Access City Award winners

Hristov

2023

IFLA Journal

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For over 10 years, the Access City Award, presented by the European Commission in conjunction with the European Disability Forum, has raised awareness of and concern for the issues of people with disabilities, while continuing to promote accessibility for all European citizens. Looking at the whole palette of good practices in providing accessible environments implemented by the prizewinners, it is striking that library accessibility is not only part of them but is being established as a priority for many cities. This article presents the library accessibility activities of 20 cities that have won the Access City Award from its first iteration in 2011 to 2022 and have focused on this type of accessibility in their portfolio. It is concluded that far from being a luxury, library accessibility is now a necessary normality, and the achievements of Access City Award winners in this field are an inspiration for all cities that adopt accessibility as their mission.

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“…Lastly, while overarching legislation exists such as the Disability Discrimination Act, this often makes no direct reference to public libraries (Fitzgerald, Hawkins, Denison, & Kop, 2015). In this absence, libraries may implement their own policies around services for people with a disability.…”

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Considering “atmosphere” in facilitating information seeking by people with invisible disabilities in public libraries

Muir

Thompson

Qayyum

2019

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Tech

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Twenty percent of Australians reported having a disability in 2015. Disability may occur at any time during the lifespan, however most disabilities are invisible. When a disability is invisible, or not immediately apparent to an outsider, individuals may need to self‐identify to access inclusive services, or accommodation may never be offered at all. When the perceived number of information seekers with a disability is low, information organizations may deem services unnecessary. Considering information access is a human right, information service providers and researchers need to seek low cost and low effort ways to facilitate information access and information seeking behaviors. The research question was “how does the ambience, security, and mores (conceptualized as “atmosphere”) of information services facilitate, or create barriers to, information seeking by people with an invisible disability?”. Data from 23 semi‐structured qualitative interviews were analyzed to explore the experiences of people with an invisible disability as current or prospective library users.

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Digital Inclusion, Disability, and Public Libraries: A Summary Australian Perspective

Cited by 7 publications

References 8 publications

Public Libraries and Access for Children with Disabilities and Their Families: A Proposed Inclusive Library Model

Public Libraries and Access for Children with Disabilities and Their Families: A Proposed Inclusive Library Model

Making libraries accessible: The vision of Access City Award winners

Considering “atmosphere” in facilitating information seeking by people with invisible disabilities in public libraries

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