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Usability and Disabilities: The Human Interface
Article by Rhea Joyce Rubin, Consultant

Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

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”

• Library Services for People with Disabilities (pdf)
  
• Serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Serving People with Disabilities (pdf)
  
• Bibliography (pdf)
  
  

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.