Article
Usability and Disabilities: The Human Interface
Article by Rhea Joyce Rubin, Consultant
Library Outreach Resources to Underserved Populations
Services to People with Disabilities
Handouts from the OLOS 2002 Preconference:
“Different Voices, Common Quest: Adult Literacy in Libraries”
Electronic Resources on Disabilities
A wealth of information on topics from jobs to recreation Article by Jennifer Church, Sharon Drouin, and Katherine RankinC&RL News, February 2000, Vol. 61 No. 2
Resource Groups
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
- Library Service to Special Population Children and their Caregivers Committee
Association for Library Trustees and Advocates (ALTA)
- Specialized Outreach Services (focuses on needs of persons with physical or mental disabilities)
Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA)
- Americans With Disabilities Act Assembly
- Century Scholarship for People with Disabilities
- Libraries Serving Special Populations Section (LSSPS)
- Academic Librarians Assisting the Disabled Discussion Group
- Library Services to Developmentally Disabled Persons (LSDDP)
- Library Service to People with Visual or Physical Disabilities Forum (LSPVPDF)
- Library Service to the Deaf Forum (LSDF)
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
- Library Service to Young Adults with Special Needs Committee
- National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) http://lcweb.loc.gov/nls/index.html
- Free Matter for the Blind and Other Physically Handicapped Persons http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm/e040.htm Describes the standards under which mail may be sent to or from blind or physically handicapped persons free of postage.