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Serving the needs of students with disabilities: How academic librarians can collaborate with publishers and disability services offices
Author(s) -
Day Jaxsen R.,
Fleischmann Kenneth R.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
proceedings of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.193
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 2373-9231
DOI - 10.1002/pra2.334
Subject(s) - closing (real estate) , equity (law) , academic library , medical education , key (lock) , psychology , public relations , medicine , business , library science , political science , computer science , computer security , finance , law
Equity in education for people with disabilities is an important yet challenging goal to attain. This paper reports findings from in depth (>90 min per) interviews with academic librarians about the challenges of providing accessible materials. Key themes reported involve the relationships between academic libraries and both publishers and disabilities services offices. The paper identifies opportunities for closing the gap between the accessibility needs of students and the services and materials provided by academic libraries.