Open AccessAcademic Libraries and Disabled Students: An Accessible Story?
Author(s) -
Claire Burrows
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
proceedings of the annual conference of cais
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-7589
DOI - 10.29173/cais1004
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , disabled people , population , academic library , higher education , sociology , pedagogy , psychology , library science , political science , computer science , communication , applied psychology , life style , demography , law
With a growing disabled population, theaccessibility of higher education institutions is agrowing areaof attention in Canada. This paperexamines how academic libraries in Canada areresponding to create accessible environments,and how students are experiencing theseservices and spaces in practice. This examinationwill help to build a picture of how notions ofdisability and accessibility are constructed inacademic libraries in Ontario, and how theseunderstandings may affect disabled students inpractice.